Philosophy and Religion Department
Assistant Professor

Phone: 828-227-2636
Email: jwhitmire@email.wcu.edu 
Office Address: Stillwell Building, Room 232
Website: http://paws.wcu.edu/jwhitmire/

Education

• Ph.D., Villanova University
• M.A., Villanova University
• B.A., Wake Forest University

Areas of Interest

19th-20th Century Continental European Philosophy, Philosophy and Literature, Philosophical Anthropology, Philosophy of Religion, Ancient Philosophy.

Selected Publications & Presentations

• “The Many and the One: The Ontological Multiplicity and Functional Unity of the Person in the Later Nietzsche,” forthcoming in The Pluralist 3:3 (2008).
• “A New Fragility: Globalization, Alienation, and Integration in Paul Ricoeur and Chantal Mouffe,” co-authored with Farhang Erfani, American University.
• Forthcoming in Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005): Remembering a Life, Continuing the Work, ed. Farhang Erfani (Lexington Books: Lexington, KY).
• “Questioning the Self: Kierkegaard and Derrida,” Philosophy Today 50:5 (2006), 418-427.
• “The Double Writing of Les Mots: Sartre’s Words as Performative Philosophy,” Sartre Studies International 12:2 (2006), 61-82.