Nathan Jun
Visiting Assistant Professor
Background
Dr. Jun is a native Clevelander and 1997 graduate of Saint Ignatius High School. Prior to joining the JCU Department of Philosophy in 2023, he served for 13 years as Professor of Philosophy and Coordinator of the Philosophy Program at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. He currently resides in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood on Cleveland's West Side.
Areas of Expertise
- Social and Political Philosophy
- History of Political Thought
- History of Philosophy
- Philosophy of Religion
- Eastern Philosophy and Religion
- Jesuit Philosophy
- The Catholic Intellectual Tradition
Research Interests
Most of Dr. Jun's published scholarship to date has focused on political philosophy and the history of political thought with a particular emphasis on the theory and practice of anarchism. Since joining the faculty of John Carroll University his research interests have chiefly centered on the Catholic radical tradition (including the thought and practice of the Catholic Worker Movement), Zen Buddhism, and Jesuit philosophy from the sixteenth century to the present. He has authored and edited 10 books alongside several articles, book chapters, and reviews.
Education
- Ph.D., Philosophy and Literature, Purdue University
- M.A., Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania
- B.A., English and Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago
Courses Taught
- Ancient Philosophy
- Philosophy of Religion
- Asian and Comparative Philosophy
- The Jesuit Philosophical Tradition
- Contemporary Ethical Problems
- Philosophy of Medicine
Publications
Selected Publications- Nathan Jun and Mark Lance, “Anarchist Responses to a Pandemic," Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 30, nos. 3 and 4 (2020), pp. 361-378
- “Anarchist Perspectives on Warfare,” in Comparative Just War Theory, ed. Luís Cordeiro Rodrigues and Danny Singh (Lexington Books, 2019), pp. 11-30
- “Deleuze and the Anarchist Tradition,” in Deleuze and Anarchism, ed. Aragorn Eloff and Chantelle Gray van Heerden (Edinburgh University Press, 2019), pp. 85-102
- Proletarian Days: A Hippolyte Havel Reader, ed. Nathan Jun (AK Press, 2018)
- “Anarchist Concepts of the State,” in The Palgrave Handbook of Anarchism, ed. Carl Levy and Matthew Adams (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), pp. 27-45
- Anarchism: A Conceptual Approach, ed. Benjamin Franks, Nathan Jun, and Leonard Williams (Routledge, 2017)
- “Anarchist Concepts of Freedom,” in Anarchism: A Conceptual Approach, ed. Benjamin Franks, Nathan Jun, and Leonard Williams (Routledge, 2017), pp. 44-59
- “On Philosophical Anarchism,” Radical Philosophy Review 19, no. 2 (2017), pp. 551- 567
- Brill's Companion to Anarchism and Philosophy, ed. Nathan Jun (Brill, 2016)
- “Romantic Anarchism: Asceticism, Aestheticism, and Education,” Literature Compass 13, no. 1 (2016), pp. 34-43
- Matthew Adams and Nathan Jun, “Political Theory and History: The Case of Anarchism” (with Matthew Adams), The Journal of Political Ideologies 20, no. 3 (2015), pp. 244-262
- “Hegel and Anarchist Communism,” Anarchist Studies 22, no. 2 (2014), pp. 26-52
- Revolutionary Hope: Essays in Honor of William L. McBride, ed. Nathan Jun and Shane Wahl (Lexington Books, 2013)
- “Rethinking the Anarchist Canon: History, Philosophy, and Interpretation,” Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies 3, no. 1 (2013), pp. 79-111
- Without Borders or Limits: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Anarchist Studies, ed. Nathan Jun and Jorell Meléndez-Badillo (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013)
- Anarchism and Political Modernity (Bloomsbury, 2011)
- Deleuze and Ethics, ed. Nathan Jun and Daniel Smith (Edinburgh University Press, 2011)
- “Deleuze and Normativity,” Philosophy Today 53, no. 4 (2010), pp. 347-358
- “Anarchist Philosophy: Past, Problems, and Prospects,” in Anarchism and Moral Philosophy, ed. Benjamin Franks and Matthew Wilson (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010), pp. 45-68
- New Perspectives on Anarchism, ed. Nathan Jun and Shane Wahl (Lexington Books, 2010)
- “Deleuze, Derrida, and Anarchism,” Anarchist Studies 15, no. 2 (2007), pp. 132-156
