Kenneth J. Surin
Professor Emeritus of Literature
(Ph.D. Birmingham, England, 1977) is Professor of Literature and Professor of Religion and Critical Theory. He trained initially as an analytical philosopher. His teaching areas include anglophone literatures outside England, philosophy (both analytical and continental), critical theory, marxism, state theory, and international political economy.
Education
- Ph.D., University of Birmingham 1977
- B.A., University of Reading (England) 1972
Research Areas
Selected Grants
Political Order and Modernity awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2005
Surin, KJ. Can There Be A Delinking Strategy For The Nations Of The Caribbean?. Indiana University Press, 2011.
Surin, K. Freedom Not Yet: Liberation and the Next World Order. Duke University Press, December 2009.
Surin, KJ. The Turnings of Darkness and Light: Essays in Philosophical and Systematic Theology. Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Christ, Ethics and Tragedy: Essays in Honour of Donald M MacKinnon. Ed. KJ Surin. Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Surin, KJ. Theology and the Problem of Evil. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1986.
Surin, KJ. "Review Essay of Grant Farred’s In Motion, at Rest (Accepted)." Cultural Critique (2015).
Surin, K. "Force." Gilles Deleuze: Key Concepts. January 1, 2013. 21-32.
Surin, KJ. "Neoliberal Property Relations (Accepted)." Property and Aesthetics in Contemporary Globalization. Ed. J Huimin. Shanghai international Studies University Press, 2012.
Surin, KJ. "Can there be a Marxist Conception of Value that is not ‘Productivist’?”." Proceedings of the Sino-British Conference on Marxism, Culture, and Aesthetics. Ed. R Spencer. Central Compilation and Translation Press, 2012. 103-112.
Surin, K. "Comparative Literature in America: Attempt at a Genealogy." A Companion to Comparative Literature. November 25, 2011. 65-72. Full Text
Surin, KJ. "Can there be a notion of Absolute Value?." Sino-British Forum on Marxist Aesthetics 2011. Ed. R Spencer. Shanghai Jiaotong University, 2011.
Surin, KJ. "The Strange Fate of Property in Neoliberal Times." Proceedings off International Conference on Property and Aesthetics. Ed. J Huimin. 2011.
Surin, KJ. "On Producing the Concept of the Concept-Image." Releasing the Image: From Literature to New Media. Ed. R Mitchell and J Khallip. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2011. 171-80.
Surin, KJ. "Existing not as a Subject but as a Work of Art: the Task of Ethics or Aesthetics?." Deleuze and Ethics. Ed. DW Smith and N Jun. Edinburgh University Press, 2011. 142-53.
Surin, KJ. "C.L.R. James as Writer on Cricket." Cambridge Companion to Cricket. Ed. A Bateman and J Hill. Cambridge University Press, 2011. 131-43.
Surin, KJ. "‘On Going ‘Beyond the Pale of the Human’ (ケネススリン人間の境界を越えてゴーイングオン長原豊、エディタ )." Restoration of political economy and political philosophy (政治経済学の政治哲学的復権 ). Ed. N Yutaka. Hosei University Press, 2011. 265-91.
Pages
Surin, K. "The abyss looks back." American Book Review 39.2-3 (January 1, 2018): 6-7. (Review)
Surin, K. "Surroundings: Deleuze and Guattari." Canadian Journal of Communication 41.3 (January 1, 2016): 403-410. Full Text
Surin, K, and Salaita, S. ""Marxism, without guarantees": What I learned from stuart hall." Cultural Critique 89 (January 1, 2015): 136-149. (Review)
Surin, KJ. "What I Learned from Stuart Hall (Accepted)." Cultural Critique (2015).
Surin, KJ. "Empire Ten Years After: Much Gratitude, Some Reservations (Accepted)." Theory and Event: an online journal of political theory (2015).
Surin, KJ. "What Will It Take to Stop Israel? Truth and Justice." The Other Journal: an Intersection of Theology and Culture (August 2014).
Yanlin, S. "Western Marxism in the Post-Financial Crisis Era: An Interview with Kenneth Surin, conducted by Shi Yanlin." International Critical Thought 4 (2014): 1-9. (Interview)
Surin, K. "Marxism and religion." Critical Research on Religion 1.1 (April 1, 2013): 9-14. Full Text
Surin, KJ. "Reflections on Freedom not Yet: Liberation and the Next World Order." Research on Marxist Aesthetics 14 (2012): 170-182.
Surin, KJ. "Can there be a Marxist Conception of Value that is not ‘Productivist’?." Research on Marxist Aesthetics 12 (2012): 161-169.
Pages
Surin, KJ. "Can there be a Marxist Conception of Value that is not ‘Productivist’?." Sino-British Conference on Marxism, Culture, and Aesthetics. Shanghai. Central Compilation and Translation Press, 2012.
Surin, KJ. "Entries on Marx, Micropolitics, Partial Objects, Socius, Spinoza, State, Control Society and State theory, Materialism and Philosophy." Ed. A Parr. Deleuze Dictionary (2006).