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TRENTU.CA / Political Studies / Faculty & Staff / Dr. Devin Penner

Dr. Devin Penner

Assistant Professor

Trent University
1600 West Bank Drive
Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7B8
Canada

CC Suite C1.4
Phone: (705) 748-1011 x6044
Fax: 748-1047
E-mail: devinpenner@trentu.ca

Profile

Devin Penner completed his B.A. in Political Science at the University of Winnipeg, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science at York University. His research interests fall mainly in the areas of Canadian politics, political economy and political theory. He has a forthcoming book on Guy Debord and the Situationist International that is entitled Rethinking the Spectacle, and is currently working on a research project on the political economy of philanthropy in Canada.

Courses Teaching in 2017-2018

  • POST 1002H (Winter):  Politics and Power in the Global Age: Issues
  • POST 3091H (Fall): Law and Constitutional Issues
  • POST 3092H (Winter) Law and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  • POST 3605H (Fall): Policy Analysis: Methods and Applications
  • POST 4081H (Fall): Canadian Politics & Public Policy
  • POST 4082H (Winter): Federal & Provincial Power in Canada

Recent Publications

  • Rethinking the Spectacle: Guy Debord, Radical Democracy, and the Digital Age. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2019.
  • “The Spectacle.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Political Science, edited by Sandy Maisel. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018 (updated). Originally published 2015, http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199756223/obo-...
  • “Politics After Occupy: On Dean’s Communist Horizon and Crowds and Party.” Theory & Event 20, no. 1 (January 2017): 231-236, https://muse.jhu.edu/article/646859/summary .
  • “Guy Debord and the Politics of Play.” In Thinking Radical Democracy: The Return to Politic in Post-War France, edited by Martin Breaugh, Chris Holman, Rachel Magnusson, Paul Mazzocchi and Devin Penner. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015. 165-186.
  • Martin Breaugh, Christopher Holman, Rachel Magnusson, Paul Mazzocchi & Devin Penner. “Introduction: Radical Democracy and 20th Century French Thought.” In Thinking Radical Democracy: The Return to Politics in Post-War France, edited by Martin Breaugh, Chris Holman, Rachel Magnusson, Paul Mazzocchi and Devin Penner. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015. 3-30.

Recent Translation

  • Miguel Abensour, “The Counter-Hobbes of Pierre Clastres,” translated by Martin Breaugh and Devin Penner. In Thinking Radical Democracy: The Return to Politics in Post-War France, edited by Martin Breaugh, Chris Holman, Rachel Magnusson, Paul Mazzocchi and Devin Penner. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015. 89-118.

 

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  • Dr. Feyzi Baban
  • Dr. Nadine Changfoot
  • Dr. Philip Giurlando
  • Dr. Jonathan Greene
  • Dr. Devin Penner
  • Dr. Andreas Pickel
  • Dr. Elaine Stavro
  • Dr. Hasmet Uluorta
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