James B. South
Associate Professor
and
Chair of the Department
Office: Coughlin Hall 142
Office Phone: 288-6857
E-Mail: james.south@marquette.edu
CV: click here
I studied classics and philosophy as an undergraduate at the University of South Carolina. I also earned an M.A. there with a thesis on Thomas Aquinas. I received my Ph.D. from Duke University (1995), where I wrote a dissertation on the early Jesuit philosopher Francisco Suárez. I have been at Marquette since 1995 and became Chair of the department in 2005.
My primary areas of research are 1) Late Medieval and Renaissance philosophy and 2) the philosophical interpretation and understanding of popular culture. In the first area, I've published numerous articles on such thinkers as John Duns Scotus, Suárez, and Jacopo Zabarella (an Italian philosopher during the period known as the Renaissance). My primary philosophical interests in this period involve issues of philosophic method, philosophy of mind, and political philosophy. I'm currently working on a book-length study of the problem of the immortality of the human soul in the sixteenth century. In the second area, I've edited Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy (Open Court, 2003) and co-edited (with Jacob Held), James Bond and Philosophy (Open Court, 2006). I've also published essays on comic books, the films of Woody Allen, and the Beatles. Currently, I'm co-editing (with Lynne Edwards and Elizabeth Rambo) a book of essays on seasons six and seven of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
If you want to know still more about me, please visit my personal academic web site.
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