Madison, Gary (Brent)

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MADISON, Gary (Brent)

MADISON, Gary (Brent). Canadian, b. 1940. Genres: Sciences. Career: Universite de Nantes, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Mecanique, France, lecturer in English, 1965-67; Universite de Paris X, Nanterre, France, assistant in philosophy, 1968-70; McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, assistant professor, 1970-75, associate professor, 1975-80, professor of philosophy, 1981-; St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, IN, visiting professor, 1972; University of Toronto, affiliated professor at Centre for Comparative Literature, 1980-85, professor of philosophy in graduate program, 1986-. Lecturer at Canadian universities and conferences. Publications: La phenomenologie de Merleau-Ponty: Une recherche des limites de la conscience, 1973, rev. trans. as The Phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty: A Search for the Limits of Consciousness, 1981; Understanding: A Phenomenological-Pragmatic Analysis, 1981; The Logic of Liberty, 1986; The Hermeneutics of Postmodernity: Figures and Themes, 1988; Political Economy of Civil Society and Human Rights, 1998; Politics of Postmodernity, 2001. EDITOR: Sens et existence, 1975; Working through Derria, 1993; Ethics of Postmodernity, 1999. Contributor to books. Address: Department of Philosophy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1. Online address: [email protected]

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