Paul Piccone's Providential Moment: Phenomenology, Subjectivity, and 20th Century Marxism in Telos
Journal: VCU Scholars Compass (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Year: 2018

This thesis explores the intellectual history of editor, writer, and philosopher, Paul Piccone and Telos, an independent journal of contemporary critical theory, which he founded in 1968. Born in Italy, Piccone lived most of his life in the United States, earning his Ph.D. in philosophy at SUNY-Buffalo in 1970. Piccone served as Telos’ editor and a major contributor from 1968 to 2004. This thesis follows the trajectory of his thought by contextualizing his writing within the broader world of Mar