Faculty
Tony Smith
Chair and Professor
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
453 Catt Hall
Dept. of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-0055
Email:tonys@iastate.edu
Education
1969 – 1974 B.A., Philosophy, Boston College, Summa Cum Laude
1974 – 1980 Ph.D., Philosophy, State University of New York, Stony
Brook'
Academic Employment
1991 – present Professor, Philosophy, Iowa State University
1985 – 1991 Associate Professor, Philosophy, Iowa State University
1980 – 1985 Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Iowa State University
Research and Teaching Interests
Social and Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Technology
Continental Philosophy
Ethical theory
Feminism
Philosophy of Economics
Selected Publications
Books
Technology and Capital in the Age of Lean Production:
A Marxian Critique of the "New Economy," State
University of New York Press, 2000.
Dialectical Social Theory and Its Critics: From Hegel to Analytical
Marxism and Postmodernism, State University of New York Press,
1993.
The Role of Ethics in Social Theory: Essays from a Habermasian
Perspective, State University of New York Press, 1991.
The Logic of Marx’s Capital: Replies to Hegelian Criticisms,
State University of New York Press, 1990.
Monograph
Lean Production: A Capitalist Utopia?, The International
Institute for Research and Education, Amsterdam, 1994. (25,000 words).
Edited Volume
Dialectics: The New Frontier (co-edited with Bertell
Ollman). Special issue of Science and Society, Vol. 62, No. 3, 1998.
Courses Syllabi
Philosophy
316 - Fall 2005
Professional Acitivity
American Philosophical Association
Iowa Philosophical Society, President 1982-83
Society for Social and Political Philosophy, Vice President 1982-83,
President 1983-84.
North American Society for Social Philosophy
Radical Philosophers Association, President (Mid-West Division) 1985-86,
Program Committee 2000-02, Program Committee (Chair) 2002-04.
Union of Radical Political Economists
Conference of Socialist Economists
Committee for Responsible Genetics
Philosophers for Social Responsibility