Kathleen J. Wininger is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine. Her Ph.D. in Philosophy is from Temple University where she also did graduate work in the History of Art. She holds two Bachelor of Arts degrees, one in Philosophy and one in Art History from Southern Connecticut State University.
Professor Wininger writes and publishes in the areas of nineteenth and twentieth-century philosophy. Her works include articles on ethical theory, Friedrich Nietzsche's moral and aesthetic theories, de-colonization, and the ethical implications of European portrayals of colonized people. Her first book, Nietzsche and the R…
Kathleen J. Wininger is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine. Her Ph.D. in Philosophy is from Temple University where she also did graduate work in the History of Art. She holds two Bachelor of Arts degrees, one in Philosophy and one in Art History from Southern Connecticut State University.
Professor Wininger writes and publishes in the areas of nineteenth and twentieth-century philosophy. Her works include articles on ethical theory, Friedrich Nietzsche's moral and aesthetic theories, de-colonization, and the ethical implications of European portrayals of colonized people. Her first book, Nietzsche and the Reclamation of Philosophy, is published by Rodopi. She has edited two volumes of essays Philosophy and Sex (3rd and 4th editions) with Robert Baker of Union College. A frequent visitor to Africa, Professor Wininger has been a guest Lecturer at the University of Nairobi and was a delegate to the Pan-African Symposium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Recently she has worked in Southern Africa, especially on SA/Botswanan writer Bessie Head.
Professor Wininger teaches courses in Philosophy of Art, Film Theory, African Philosophy and Exile, and Morality in African Literature and Film. In addition to her present appointment, Professor Wininger has taught at Temple University, Union College, Earlham College, and Villanova University.