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Continental philosophy refers to a set of traditions of 19th and 20th century philosophy from mainland Europe. This sense of the term originated among English-speaking philosophers in the second half of the 20th century, who found it useful for referring to a range of thinkers and traditions outside the analytic movement. Continental philosophy includes the following movements: German idealism, phenomenology, existentialism (and its antecedents, such as the thought of Kierkegaard and Nietzsche), hermeneutics, structuralism, post-structuralism, French feminism, and the critical theory of the Frankfurt School and some other branches of western Marxism.
Faculty doing research in Continental Philosophy include:
Tommy Curry: Professor Curry has research interests in Post-Colonial theory. His interests largely revolve around post-colonial authors like Frantz Fanon, Leopold Senghor, and the various writings that emerged in Presence Africaine as a result of the First International Conference of Black Writers and Artists. Additionally, Prof. Curry also investigates how the colonial privilege of traditional post-structural/post-colonial theorists like Foucault, Derrida, and Deleuze limit their usefulness in dealing with the colonial experiences of African descended people in throughout the Diaspora.
