Richard J . White, PhD
Professor

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College of Arts and Sciences
Philosophy
DHHC - Dowling Hall/Humanities Center
Richard J . White, PhD
Professor
Curriculum Vitae
Research Focus
.Philosophical perspectives on love, spirituality, wisdom, literature, and art.Department
Philosophy
Position
Professor
Books
- Bloomsbury
Spiritual Philosophers: From Schopenhauer to Irigaray 2020 - Cascade Books
The Spiritual Guide: Four Steps on the Path of Enlightenment 2016 - Rowman and Littlefield
The Heart of Wisdom: A Philosophy of Spiritual Life 2013 - Rowman and Littlefield
Radical Virtues: Moral Wisdom and the Ethics of Contemporary Life 2008 - Ashgate
Nietzsche: Critical Essays in the History of Philosophy 2002 - Rowman and Littlefield
Love's Philosophy 2001 - University of Illinois
Nietzsche and the Problem of Sovereignty 1997
Articles
- Journal for the Study of Spirituality
Teaching Spirituality; A Personal View
Vol.11 no.1, 2021 2021 - Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism
Spirituality without Religion: In a Post-Secular Age
vol.28 article 4 2020 2021 - The Philosophy of Spirituality
'Spirit and Soul and Self-Overcoming: a Post-Jungian View, p. 293-311 2020 - Religion and the Arts
“Kandinsky: Thinking about the Spiritual in Art'
vol.23, 2019 2019 - Lexington Books: A Division of Rowman and Littlefield
"From the Cave to Enlightenment" in Michael Brannigan (ed.), Spirituality and Deep Connectedness: Views on Being Fully Human., p. 1-16 2018 - Cambridge University Press
"Starting With Compassion" in David McPherson (ed.) Spirituality and the Good Life: Philosophical Approaches, p. 177-196 2018 - Springer
"Compassion in Philosophy and Education" in Paul Gibbs (ed.) The Pedagogy of Compassion at the Heart of Education, p. 19-31 2018 - Journal of Aesthetic Education
Walter Benjamin: the Storyteller and the Possibility of Wisdom
forthcoming 2016 - British Journal for the History of Philosophy
Nietzsche on Generosity and the Gift-Giving Virtue
November 2015 2015 - Angelaki
“Dialectics of Mourning” [death in Freud, Barthes and Derrida] in Angelaki:
20:4 2015 - Human Studies
Foucault on the Care of the Self as an Ethical Project and a Spiritual Goal
37, p. 489-504 2014 - APA Newsletter Teaching Philosophy
Teaching World Philosophy
11, p. 5-9 2012 - Heythrop Journal
Levinas, The philosophy of suffering and the ethics of compassion.
53, p. 111-123 2012 - Creighton University Magazine
A Return to Virtues
Summer 2011 2011 - International Philosophical Quarterly
“Schopenhauer and Indian Philosophy: on the Limits of Comparative Thought”
March 2010, p. 57-76 2010 - Janus Head: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
Bataille on Lascaux and the origins of art
11, p. 319-331 2009 - Utopian Studies
George Orwell: Socialism and Utopia
19, p. 73-95 2008 - Journal of Philosophy of Education
Rousseau and the education of compassion
42, p. 35-48 2008 - Philosophy Today
Lyotard and posthuman possibilities
50, p. 183-181 2006 - Humanitas
Herder: On the ethics of nationalism
18, p. 166-181 2005 - Journal for the Study of Spirituality
Richard White,
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Editing and Reviews
- Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
The Right to be Loved 2015 - Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
Cultivating Virtue: Perspectives from Philosophy, Theology and Psychology 2015 - Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
The Cambridge companion to virtue ethics
51, p. 648-649 2013 - Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
A philosophical history of love
50, p. 888-888 2013 - Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
Forgiveness and love [Review]
50, p. 1848-1848 2013 - Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
Migrating texts & traditions [REVIEW]
50, p. 2244-2244 2013 - Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
The Smile of tragedy: Nietzche and the art of Virtue
50, p. 679-679 2012 - Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
Empathy: philosophical and psychological perspectives
49, p. 2070-2070 2012 - Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
Love: a history
49, p. 1074-1074 2012 - Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
Moralism: a study of a vice
50, p. 97-97 2012 - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
Understanding Nietzscheanism 2012 - Heythrop Journal
The Intersubjectivity of Time: Levinas and Infinite Responsibility
vol.59 no.2 2018
Presentations
- "Jung on the Answer to Job" at Creighton University, Philosophy Department Papers in Progress 2017
- "Re-Reading Jung and the Answer To Job " at the European Studies Conference, Omaha 2017
- "Spiritual but not Religious" at the Religion and Society Conference on Secularism at Creighton University 2017
- "Four Steps on the Path of Enlightenment" at the Ethical Culture Society of New Jersey 2017
- Schopenhauer's Philosophy of Music, presented at the European Studies conference 2016
- Rilke's Philosophy of Love 2015
- On Compassion presented at the Ethical Culture Society of New Jersey 2015
- "Kandinsky on the Spiritual in Art" (extended version) presented at the Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha 2014
- "Kandinsky on the Spiritual in Art" presented at the European Studies conference, Omaha, 2014
- "On Compassion" presentation with Carey Harrison, OM Center, Omaha 2014
- "Walter Benjamin: The Storyteller and the Decline of Wisdom" presented at the European Studies conference, Omaha 2013
- "Rumi: Mystic, Poet and Philosopher" presented at the Rumi Anniversary Celebration, OM Center, Omaha 2013
- "Foucault on the Care of the Self" presented at Creighton University 2013
- "Foucault on the Care of the Self: an Ancient Ideal for Modern Times?" presented at the European Studies conference, Omaha 2012
- "Nietzsche and the Death of God Theology (50 Years 0n)" presented at Doane College, Lincoln, NE 2012
- "Dialectics of Mourning," presented at the European Studies conference 2011
- "Forgiveness as Spiritual Possibility: in Derrida and Modern European Thought," presented at the European Studies conference, Omaha 2010
Consulting
- Program Reviewer
I performed review of MALS Program at this site.
Florida International University
2014 - 2015