Joshua Livingstone

My work is rooted in the continental tradition, specifically the areas of existentialism, phenomenology, and hermeneutics. I received a B.A. in Philosophy from King’s University College, and an M.A. in Theory and Criticism from Western University. My master’s thesis explored the theme of questioning in Martin Heidegger’s Being and Time. At Queen's, my work explores some of the gaps between academic philosophy and the public sphere. Engaging Aristotle and Arendt, my dissertation recommends the recentering and re-newal of philosophical friendship as a means of fostering relations with those outside the discipline and working toward the possibility of a genuine political-philosophy .