W. Mark Cobb Bio

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Cobb, W. Mark (b. 1962), Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA

• BCCC faculty profile
• 2005-2008: Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC
• Author: "Diatribes and Distortions: Marcuse's Academic Reception," pp. 163-185, and co-author (with John Abromeit): "Introduction," pp. 1-39; both in: John Abromeit & W. Mark Cobb (eds.), Herbert Marcuse: A Critical Reader (New York: Routledge, 2004).
  • Amazon.com page with viewable table of contents.
  • google books Critical Reader page
  • Review by David West in: Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 5(2004).
• Mark earned his Ph.D. in the History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz where he studied with Angela Davis, who advised his 2007 dissertation, Marcuse's Ghost.

Other Resources

• Herbert Marcuse: A Critical Reader - seventeen papers by Marcuse scholars which provide a reassessment of the relevance of Marcuse's critical theory in the 21st century