John McCumber

John McCumber (born July 27, 1945) is an American philosopher. He is distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Germanic Languages at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). From 1974 to 1997, McCumber taught philosophy at several institutions, including the University of Toronto, the University of Michigan–Dearborn, The New School for Social Research, and Northwestern University. At Northwestern, he received the prestigious Koldyke Chair, the highest teaching award in the College of Arts and Sciences. However, during his tenure there, a conflict involving Jürgen Habermas led to his departure from the philosophy department—an episode he plans to detail in his forthcoming memoir Vertiginous Instincts.

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