Faculty

Robert Hollinger

Professor
Philosophy

433 Catt Hall
Dept. of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-8611
Email: rholling@iastate.edu

Education
Ph.D., Philosophy (Minor: History of Science), University of Wisconsin, 1972
B.A., Philosophy, Brooklyn College, 1966
 
Teaching Areas
Existentialism
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Philosophy of Technology

Research Interests
History of Modern Political Liberalism
Science and Politics
Sociological Theory
Modernism and Postmodernism as Philosophical, Sociological and Cultural Categories

Secondary Interests
Sociology of Culture
Sociological Theory
Educational Theory
The Culture and Politics of Expertise
The Corporate University
 
Selected Publications (Partial List)
Books
The Dark Side of Liberalism: Elitism vs Democracy (Praeger, 1995)

Postmodernism and the Social Sciences: A Thematic Approach (Sage, 1994)

Anthologies
Hermeneutics and Praxis (Notre Dame, 1984)

Pragmatism: From Postitivsm to Postmodernism (co-editor, David Depew) [Praeger, 1996]

Work in Progress
Withering Ivy: A View from the Vine (150pp ms)
 
Courses Taught
Regular:
Phil 201, 235, 343, 381, 320

Others (Occasionally)
Phil 380, 480, 330, 336, 338, 350, 335 , 316, 317 (all through Continuing Ed. Program at DMACC Ankeny)