Richard J. White, PhD

Department

• Philosophy

Position

• Professor

• 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy
• Current French Philosophy
• Ethics
• Introduction to Philosophy
• Multiculturalism
• Philosophy and Literature
• Philosophy of Love and Sex
• Ultimate Questions/ Philosophy and Spirituality
• World Philosophy

As a native of the United Kingdom, I studied Philosophy and Literature at the University of Warwick.  After I graduated I came to the United States where I completed my Ph. D in Philosophy at SUNY Stony Brook.  At Creighton I teach a variety of different courses, including:  Philosophy and Literature, Philosophy of Love and Sex, Multiculturalism, World Philosophy, 19th and 20th Century Philosophy, and most recently, Philosophy and Spirituality, which is now the focus of my concern. For several years I have been the Director of the Masters in Liberal Studies program.  My books include: Nietzsche and the Problem of Sovereignty (University of Illinois), Love's Philosophy (Rowman and Littlefield); Radical Virtues: Moral Wisdom and the Ethics of Contemporary Life (Rowman and Littlefield); The Heart of Wisdom: A Philosophy of Spiritual Life (Rowman and Littlefield); The Spiritual Guide: Four Steps on the Path of Enlightenment (Cascade ); My next book, Spiritual Philosophers: From Schopenhauer to Irigaray will be published by Bloomsbury Academic.  I have edited an anthology on the work of Friederich Nietzsche: Nietzsche: Critical and Historical Perspectives (recently re-released by Routledge), and I have also published many essays on the history of philosophy.  I believe that philosophy asks all the big questions; it is a spiritual practice; and it can help us to live a better life.

Curriculum Vitae

View my CV.

Books

Articles

• , Vol.11 no.1, 2021
• , vol.28 article 4 2020
• , 293-311
• , vol.23, 2019
• , 1-16
• , 177-196
• , 19-31
• , forthcoming
• , November 2015
• , 20:4
• , 37, 489-504
• , 11, 5-9
• , 53, 111-123
• , Summer 2011
• , March 2010, 57-76
• , 11, 319-331
• , 19, 73-95
• , 42, 35-48
• , 50, 183-181
• , 18, 166-181
• , vol.11 no.1 2021

Editing and Reviews

• , 51, 648-649
• , 50, 888-888
• , 50, 1848-1848
• , 50, 2244-2244
• , 50, 679-679
• , 49, 2070-2070
• , 49, 1074-1074
• , 50, 97-97
• , vol.59 no.2 2018

Presentations

Research and Scholarship Interests

• .Philosophical perspectives on love, spirituality, wisdom, literature, and art.

Current Research Projects

• Philosophy and Spiritual Life; The Meaning of Love

• Program Reviewer, 2014