Mark Kingwell

Mark Kingwell is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto and a contributing editor of Harper?s Magazine in New York. He is the author of eleven books of political and cultural theory, among them the national bestsellers Better Living (1998); The World We Want (2000); and, most recently, Concrete Reveries: Consciousness and the City (2008). His writing has appeared in diverse publications, including the Journal of Philosophy, Philosophical Forum, Philosophy and Social Criticism, the Harvard Design Magazine, the Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities, American Scholar, Harper?s, the New York Times, the Toronto Star, Adbusters, Queen?s Quarterly, and the Globe and Mail. Kingwell has lectured to academic and popular audiences in Canada, the U.S., Europe, and Australia. He is the recipient of the Spitz Prize for political theory, National Magazine Awards for both essays and columns, and an honorary doctorate from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design for contributions to theory and criticism. His next book, a collection of essays on art and philosophy called Opening Gambits, will appear this fall.