Dr Aurelia Armstrong
Dr

Aurelia Armstrong

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Background

Dr Aurelia Armstrong’s research interests include: history of philosophy; Spinoza; Nietzsche; Foucault; Modern European philosophy; Social and Political philosophy; Ethics; and Gender studies.

Dr Armstrong holds a BA(Hons) from Australian National University, 1992 and PhD, from the University of Sydney, 1998. She is currently a Lecturer in Philosophy at UQ.

She teaches in the following courses: PHIL2500 Philosophy and Art; PHIL2300 Phenomenology and Existentialism; PHIL2013 Rise of Modern Philosophy; PHIL3002 Philosophy Today; PHIL3620 Advanced European Philosophy; PHIL3630 Advanced Moral and Political Philosophy.

Dr Armstrong's current research focuses on Spinoza's contribution to the affective turn in ethics and politics.

Availability

Dr Aurelia Armstrong is:
Available for supervision
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Fields of research

Philosophy

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney

Research interests

  • Social and political psychology

    The role of emotions in social and political processes and practices, with a particular emphasis on early modern contributions, especially Spinoza affect theory.

  • Ethics and self-cultivation

    Ethical theories centred on notions of self-cultivation and practices of freedom.

  • Relational autonomy

    Theories of autonomy that emphasise the relational, socially embedded nature of the self.

Search Professor Aurelia Armstrong’s works on UQ eSpace

20 works between 2002 and 2023
All (20) Journal Article (10) Book Chapter (5) Conference Publication (2) Book (1) Other Outputs (2)

1 - 20 of 20 works

Past funding

  • 2007 - 2008
    Affective Therapy: Emotion, Freedom and Ethics in Spinoza
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2006
    The Subject, Power and Freedom: Spinoza, Nietzsche, Foucault
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Dr Aurelia Armstrong is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Cruel Optimism of Digital Hyperstimulation

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Michael Vincent

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Jacques Derrida and Paul Ricoeur on the Aporias of Forgiveness: Impossible or Difficult?

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Marguerite La Caze

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Hume's Scepticism, Ancient Scepticism and the Nature of Sceptical Assent

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Deborah Brown

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Inconsistent Abortion: A Critical Phenomenology

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Marguerite La Caze

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Dr Aurelia Armstrong directly for media enquiries about:

  • Affect theory
  • Foucault
  • Relational Autonomy
  • Social and Political psychology
  • Spinoza
  • Theories of hope and agency

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