Tim Hall’s main areas of interest are Marxism and Frankfurt School critical theory. His publications include The Modern State: theories and ideologies (Edinburgh 2007) with Erika Cudworth and John McGovern and The Fundamental Dissonance of Existence (Continuum 2010) with Timothy Bewes. He is currently writing a book on the political thought of Theodor Adorno. In addition he hasan interest in state theory and international ethics and is currently researching Marxist state theory and Cosmopolitan political theory.

Shortform CV

Qualifications

• 2002 PhD in Philosophy (The University of Essex). Thesis title: Lukács’ Philosophy of Praxis. Recipient of a three-year British Academy studentship.
• 1995 MA in Continental Philosophy with distinction. Recipient of a one year University of Warwick studentship.
• 1989 BA (Hons) in Philosophy (2:1), St. David’s University College, Lampeter. (University of Wales.)

Previous Posts Held

• Lecturer in Philosophy Department of Social Science, The American College of Thessalonike (Greece).

• Programme Leader for BA International Politics

Undergraduate:

• Political Philosophy II: the enlightenment and its critics
• The Politics of Work
• Justice, Rights & Sovereignty
• The Ethics of War

Postgraduate:

• Critical International Relations
• Cultural Encounters

Books

• The Modern State: theories and ideologies, co-authored with Erika Cudworth & John McGovern, (Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press: 2007).
• The Fundamental Dissonance of Existence: new essays on the social, political and aesthetic theory of Georg Lukács. Co-edited with Timothy Bewes (New York, Continuum: 2010).

Journal Articles

• ‘John Gray’s Critique of the Enlightenment’ European Journal of Political Theory .Forthcoming.
• ‘Reification, Materialism & Praxis: Adorno’s critique of Lukács ’ Telos. Forthcoming (2010).

Chapters in Books

• ‘Lukács & Adorno: philosophy of praxis or cultural critique? Forthcoming in Lukács and Late Capitalism Bewes & Hall (eds.) (New York, Continuum: 2010).
• ‘Adorno’s Aesthetic Theory and Lukács’s Theory of the Novel’in Adorno and Literature ed. Cunningham, D. and Mapp, N.(New York,Continuum: 2007).
• ‘Lukács’ in the Palgrave Advances in Continental Political Thought Terrell Carver and James Martin(eds.) (Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills: 2006).

Book Reviews

• “Expunction” (review of Pluralism and the Pragmatic Turn: The Transformation of Critical Theory edited by William Rehg and James Bohman) Radical PhilosophyJan-Feb 2003.
• “The Absolute and Social Thought” (review of Timothy Bewes, Reification or the Anxiety of Late Capitalism) Radical Philosophy Sept-Oct 2003.
• Review of Alexander Düttman The Memory of Thought: An Essay on Heidegger and Adorno 2003 11(4) International Journal of Philosophical Studies 482-4

Conference Papers

• ‘John Gray’s Critique of the Enlightenment’ General Conference, European Consortium of Political Research , Potsdam, Kant & Metaphysics panel. September 2009 .
• ‘The state as a real illusion: revisiting the debate on the autonomy of the state’ ‘The State in Capitalist Society - 40 Years On. PSA State Theory Specialist Group & Marxism Specialist Group, One Day Conference, Leeds Metropolitan University, May 2009 .
• ‘Lukács’s lament over reification’, Looking for Lukács a symposium on the work of Georg Lukács, University of East London, June 2007.
• ‘The Metacritique of Philosophy: Marx, Lukács and Adorno’ Marxism and Philosophy Society, Annual Conference, May 2008. available at the following site; http://www.marxandphilosophy.org.uk/pe.htm
• ‘Idealism as Modernism: A Critique of Pippin’s account of the Modern Subject’, The Annual Conference of the Hegel Society of Great Britain, St Edmunds College, Oxford. September 2003.
• ‘Lukács and Adorno: A Materialist Concept of Reason’, Society for European Philosophy, Annual Conference, University of Essex, September 2003.
• ‘Arendt, Politics and Autonomy’, Society for European Philosophy, Annual Conference, University College Cork, Ireland, September 2002.

Departmental Research Papers

• Ideology & Religion in early Marx, Seminar Series, department of politics & philosophy, Manchester Metropolitan University, November 2009.
• ‘Adorno’s critique of Lukács’, departmental seminar series, department of philosophy, University of Essex, May 2009.
• ‘Adorno’s critique of Lukács’. The Social and Political Thought Seminar, Centre for Social and Political Thought, department of sociology, University of Warwick, February 2009.
• ‘The state as a real illusion’ Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture Seminar Series, History of Art Department, University College London. February 2007.
• ‘Adorno & Cultural Politics’ The Philosophy & Literature Seminar, Dept. of English, Tampere University (Finland) May 2005.

Public Lectures

• ‘The Dialectic of Enlightenment Today’ To mark the publication of the first translation of the Dialectic of Enlightenment in Latvian Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia. September 2009.