#  Peter E. Gordon 

Amabel B. James Professor of History

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Peter E. Gordon is the Amabel B. James Professor of History, Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Government, and Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University. A resident faculty member at Harvard's [**Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies**](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/000058-peter-e-gordon), Gordon is a critical theorist and an historian of modern European philosophy and social thought, specializing in Frankfurt School critical theory, phenomenology, existentialism, and Western Marxism. A frequent contributor of criticism and commentary to periodicals such as [***The New York Times Book Review***](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/books/review/karl-marx-gareth-stedman-jones.html?_r=0)*,* [***The New Republic***](http://www.newrepublic.com/authors/peter-e-gordon), [***The Boston Review of Books***](http://bostonreview.net/politics/peter-e-gordon-mourning-america)***,*** [***The New Statesman***](https://www.newstatesman.com/author/peter-e-gordon)***,*** [***The*** ***Nation***](http://www.thenation.com/authors/peter-e-gordon/)**,** [***The London Review of Books***](https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n06/peter-e.-gordon/hair-splitting)***,*** and [***The New York Review of Books***](https://www.nybooks.com/contributors/peter-e-gordon/)***,*** he has published major works on Heidegger, the Frankfurt School, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno.



 

 

 





 

 

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