Peter Kenneth Dews

Peter Kenneth Dews (born 22 April 1952) is a British philosopher, in the fields of critical theory and continental philosophy. He made his name with the Logics of Disintegration, on the limitations of post-structuralism. He is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Essex.

His first degree was in English, at Queens' College, Cambridge. He has a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Southampton.

Dews is known for his work on the New Left, called 'The New Philosophers and the End of Leftism'.

Work

 * Logics of Disintegration: Post-Structuralist Thought and the Claims of Critical Theory (1987)
 * The Limits of Disenchantment: Essays on Contemporary European Philosophy (1995)
 * Deconstructive Subjectivities (Ed.) (1994)
 * The Idea Of Evil (2008)
 * Schelling's Late Philosophy in Confrontation with Hegel (2023)