Mark Lance
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Mark Lance is a professor in the Philosophy Department and Justice and Peace Studies Program at Georgetown University
. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh
under the direction of Robert Brandom and his main area of expertise is the philosophy of language, epistemology, philosophical logic and metaphysics. He also writes and speaks extensively on anarchist theory. His published works include The Grammar of Meaning (ISBN 0-521-58300-4) as well as many articles on topics ranging from consensus democracy
to neo-Sellarsianism
.
In addition to his academic life, he is the General Director of the Institute for Anarchist Studies
and a contributor to its journal, Perspectives on Anarchist Theory
. He is also active in the group Stop US Tax-funded Aid to Israel Now (SUSTAIN). In January 2006, Lance presented a talk, "Against Apocalyptic Anarchism" at the annual National Conference on Organized Resistance
meeting in Washington, D.C..
Lance is also a critic of anarcho-primitivism
and its rejection of language.
Lance protested the arrival of President Álvaro Uribe
to teach at Georgetown University
in September 2010 and was interviewed by Colombia's El Espectador
in a film clip, and in the print editions of El Heraldo
, and The Georgetown Voice
.
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...
under the direction of Robert Brandom and his main area of expertise is the philosophy of language, epistemology, philosophical logic and metaphysics. He also writes and speaks extensively on anarchist theory. His published works include The Grammar of Meaning (ISBN 0-521-58300-4) as well as many articles on topics ranging from consensus democracy
Consensus democracy
Consensus democracy is the application of consensus decision-making to the process of legislation in a democracy. It is characterised by a decision-making structure which involves and takes into account as broad a range of opinions as possible, as opposed to systems where minority opinions can...
to neo-Sellarsianism
Wilfrid Sellars
Wilfrid Stalker Sellars was an American philosopher. His father was the Canadian-American philosopher Roy Wood Sellars, a leading American philosophical naturalist in the first half of the twentieth-century...
.
In addition to his academic life, he is the General Director of the Institute for Anarchist Studies
Institute for Anarchist Studies
The Institute for Anarchist Studies is a non-profit organization founded by Chuck W. Morse following the anarchist-communist school of thought, in 1996 to assist anarchist writers and further develop the theoretical aspects of the anarchist movement...
and a contributor to its journal, Perspectives on Anarchist Theory
Perspectives on Anarchist Theory
Perspectives on Anarchist Theory is a biannual journal published by the Institute for Anarchist Studies. It offers analysis on various aspects of anarchist theory, in addition to anarchist perspectives on world events, interviews, and book reviews...
. He is also active in the group Stop US Tax-funded Aid to Israel Now (SUSTAIN). In January 2006, Lance presented a talk, "Against Apocalyptic Anarchism" at the annual National Conference on Organized Resistance
National Conference on Organized Resistance
The National Conference on Organized Resistance is an annual event that brings together activists from a variety of issues, struggles, ideologies and backgrounds for a weekend of learning and reflecting on the state of progressive movements occurring locally, nationally and worldwide...
meeting in Washington, D.C..
Lance is also a critic of anarcho-primitivism
Anarcho-primitivism
Anarcho-primitivism is an anarchist critique of the origins and progress of civilization. According to anarcho-primitivism, the shift from hunter-gatherer to agricultural subsistence gave rise to social stratification, coercion, and alienation...
and its rejection of language.
Lance protested the arrival of President Álvaro Uribe
Álvaro Uribe
Alvaro Uribe Vélez was the 58th President of Colombia, from 2002 to 2010. In August 2010 he was appointed Vice-chairman of the UN panel investigating the Gaza flotilla raid....
to teach at Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
in September 2010 and was interviewed by Colombia's El Espectador
El Espectador
El Espectador is a newspaper with national circulation within Colombia, founded by Fidel Cano Gutiérrez on 22 March 1887 in Medellín and published since 1915 in Bogotá...
in a film clip, and in the print editions of El Heraldo
El Heraldo
Heraldo, the Spanish for "herald", may refer to:*Heraldo Filipino, student newspaper of De La Salle University-Dasmariñas in the Philippines.*Heraldo Becerra, Spanish-Brazilian football player....
, and The Georgetown Voice
The Georgetown Voice
The Georgetown Voice is the student-run weekly campus newsmagazine at Georgetown University. It has a circulation of approximately 8,500 and prints an edition every Thursday....
.