Paul Patton (born 1950) is a Professor of Philosophy in the School of History and Philosophy at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, where he has been since 2002. Patton received a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Sydney, and, in 1979, received a Doctorat D'Universite from Paris VIII. Before he took up his professorship at University of New South Wales, Patton lectured at the Australian National University, in Canberra, Australia, and the University of Sydney. Patton is a member of the Australasian Association of Philosophy. Patton has published widely on aspects of 20th-century French philosophy. Including focus on the works of Deleuze, Derrida and Foucault. He edited Volume 7 (Post-Postructuralism) of The History of Continental Philosophy, which was published by Acumen in 2010. Between 2000 and 2006, Patton appeared in a number of ABC radio broadcasts, including 'The Descent of Man,'http://www. abc. net. au/science/descent/voices. htm on ABC Radio National's Science Show in 2000, 'Deleuze and Democracy' in 2005,http://www. abc. net. au/rn/philosopherszone/stories/2005/1398272. htm and 'Where philosophy gets done' in 2006,http://www. abc. net. au/rn/philosopherszone/stories/2006/1782956. htm both on the show 'The Philosopher's Zone'. In 1994 and 1997 Patton was a Visiting Fellow at the Humanities Research Centre, at Australian National University. In 2005, he was a Visiting Fellow of the Scots Philosophical Society, at the University of Dundee in Scotland.
Birth year
1950
Era
Contemporary philosophy
Main interest
French philosophy
Political philosophy
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