Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities
Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Philosophy, Hofstra University, 1969
M.A., Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, 1970
M.A., Cinema Studies, New York University, 1974
M.A., Philosophy, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle, 1976
Ph.D., Cinema Studies, New York University, 1976
Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle, 1983.
Professor Carroll has interests in aesthetic theory, philosophy of film, philosophy of literature, philosophy of the visual arts, social and cultural theory, philosophy of history, ethics, philosophy of the emotions, and the history of early modern philosophy. As a journalist, he has written for The Chicago Reader, Artforum, In These Times, Dance Magazine, Soho Weekly News, and The Village Voice. Professor Carroll is Past-President of the American Society for Aesthetics. In 2002, Professor Carroll received a Guggenheim fellowship to explore the relationship of philosophy and dance. He has also written five documentaries.
Selected Bibliography
Beyond Aesthetics (Cambridge University Press, 2001)
A Philosophy of Mass Art (Routledge, 1999)
Interpreting the Moving Image (Cambridge University Press, 1998)
Theorizing the Moving Image (Cambridge University Press, 1996)
The Philosophy of Horror or Paradoxes of the Heart (Routledge, 1990)
Mystifying Movies (Columbia University Press, 1991)
Recent Courses
• Seminar in Aesthetics: The Philosophy of Film
Contact Information
Office: Center for the Humanities at Temple, Gladfelter Hall 10th Floor
Mailing Address:
Department of Philosophy
Anderson Hall
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Phone: (215) 204-9203 or 6386