Jason Stanley

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Jason Stanley
Born1969 (age 52–53)
NationalityAmerican
EducationState University of New York (BA), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
OccupationPhilosopher
EmployerYale University
Notable work
How Fascism Works

Jason Stanley (born 1969) is an American philosopher who is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University.[1][2] He has made contributions to the philosophy of language and epistemology,[3] which often draw upon and influence other fields, including linguistics and cognitive science. He has written for the New York Times philosophy blog "The Stone".[3] In his more recent work, Stanley has brought tools from philosophy of language and epistemology to bear on questions of political philosophy, especially in his 2015 book How Propaganda Works.[4]

Early life and education[edit]

Stanley was raised in upstate New York.[5] Both of his parents emigrated to the United States from Europe—his father from Germany in 1939, and his mother from Poland. He graduated from Corcoran High School in Syracuse, New York.[citation needed] During high school, he studied in Lünen, Germany, for one year as part of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange.[6] He enrolled in the State University of New York in Binghamton, NY, where he studied philosophy of language under Jack Kaminsky. In 1987 he transferred to University of Tübingen, but returned to the State University of New York in 1988, this time at the Stony Brook campus.[6] There, he studied philosophy and linguistics under Peter Ludlow and Richard Larson. Stanley received his BA in May 1990.[7] He went on to earn his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in January 1995, with Robert Stalnaker as his thesis advisor.[7]

Career[edit]

After receiving his doctorate, Stanley accepted a position at University College, Oxford, as a stipendiary lecturer. He returned to New York and taught at Cornell University until 2000. He was appointed an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.[3] In 2004, he moved to the department of philosophy at Rutgers University, where he taught from 2004 to 2013. In March 2013 he accepted a professorship at Yale University.[8]

Stanley is the author of five books, including How Propaganda Works (2015)[9] and How Fascism Works (2018). As a philosopher of language[10] and a writer on propaganda and fascism, he has been interviewed by Vox in 2018[11] and 2021;[12] NPR in 2020;[2] KCRW in Los Angeles in 2020;[13] and WBUR in Boston in 2021.[14]

Personal life[edit]

Both of Stanley's parents emigrated to the United States from Europe—his father from Germany in 1939, and his mother from Poland. He grew up in upstate New York. Stanley describes his Jewish background as informing his writing on fascism: "To me, my Judaism means an obligation to pay attention to equality and the rights of minority groups."[15]

Awards[edit]

His book Knowledge and Practical Interests won the 2007 American Philosophical Association book prize.[16]

In 2016, Stanley earned a PROSE Award in philosophy for his book How Propaganda Works.[17]

Publications[edit]

  • Stanley, Jason (2005). Knowledge and Practical Interests. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-922592-7.[18]
  • Stanley, Jason (2007). Language in Context: Selected Essays. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-923043-3.[19]
  • Stanley, Jason (2011). Know How. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199695362.[20]
  • Stanley, Jason (2015). How Propaganda Works. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691164427.[21]
  • Stanley, Jason (2018). How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them. London: Penguin. ISBN 9780525511830.[22]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hayden, Michael Edison (August 27, 2020). "The Fascist Underpinnings of Pro-Trump Media: An Interview With Author Jason Stanley". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved January 12, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b "Fascism Scholar Says U.S. Is 'Losing Its Democratic Status'". NPR. September 6, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b c Johnson, David V. (June 2015). "Thought Policing: A philosopher tries to parse the logic of propaganda in democracies". Bookforum. 22 (2).
  4. ^ "Jason Stanley". CCCB. Retrieved November 25, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Edmonds, David (September 14, 2020). "Jewniversity: Jason Stanley". Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved November 26, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ a b "New APPS Interview: Jason Stanley". New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science. April 27, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ a b "Jason Stanley". campuspress.yale.edu. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  8. ^ Monaghan, Peter (April 15, 2013). "A Leading Philosopher is Drawn from Rutgers to Yale". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved January 13, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Min, John B. (2016). "Propaganda, ideology, and democracy: A review of Jason Stanley, How Propaganda Works". The Good Society. Penn State University Press. 24 (2): 210–217. doi:10.5325/goodsociety.24.2.0210. JSTOR 10.5325/goodsociety.24.2.0210. S2CID 148160901 – via JSTOR.
  10. ^ Marantz, Andrew (April 17, 2020). "Studying Fascist Propaganda by Day, Watching Trump's Coronavirus Updates by Night". The New Yorker. Retrieved February 12, 2021.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ Illing, Sean (September 19, 2018). "How fascism works". Vox. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  12. ^ Illing, Sean (January 29, 2021). "American fascism isn't going away". Vox. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  13. ^ "Tear-gassing protestors, refusing to say he'll leave office: Has Trump brought fascism to US?". KCRW. July 20, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ Bologna, Jaime; Dearing, Tiziana (January 19, 2021). "How To Combat Anti-Democratic Movements In America And Beyond". WBUR. Retrieved February 12, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ Edmonds, David (September 14, 2020). "Jewniversity: Jason Stanley". Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved November 26, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "Prizes and Awards: Book Prize", The American Philosophical Association.
  17. ^ "2016 Award Winners". PROSE Awards. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  18. ^ Stanley, Jason (July 5, 2007). Language in Context: Selected Essays. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-922593-4.
  19. ^ Stanley, Jason (November 15, 2007). Knowledge and Practical Interests. Lines of Thought. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-923043-3.
  20. ^ Stanley, Jason (August 25, 2011). Know How. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-969536-2.
  21. ^ Stanley, Jason (December 6, 2016). How Propaganda Works. ISBN 9780691173429 – via press.princeton.edu.
  22. ^ "How Fascism Works by Jason Stanley: 9780525511830 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com.

External links[edit]

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