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TONY [email protected]
443 Catt Hall 2019 Prairie View EastDepartment of Philosophy & Religious Studies Ames, IA 50010Iowa State University (515) 232-2988Ames, IA 50011(515) 294-0055Fax: (515) 294-0780
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
1991 – present Professor, Philosophy, Iowa State University2003 - -present Department Chair1985 – 1991 Associate Professor, Philosophy, Iowa State University1980 – 1985 Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Iowa State University
EDUCATION
1969 – 1974 B.A., Philosophy, Boston College, Summa Cum Laude1974 – 1980 Ph.D., Philosophy, State University of New York, Stony Brook
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION AND COMPETENCE
Specialization: Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Technology, ContinentalPhilosophy
Competence: Ethical theory, Feminism, Philosophy of Economics
PUBLICATIONSBOOKS
Technology and Capital in the Age of Lean Production: A Marxian Critique of the “New Economy,” State University of New York Press, 2000.
Dialectical Social Theory and Its Critics: From Hegel to Analytical Marxism and Postmodernism, State University of New York Press, 1993.
The Role of Ethics in Social Theory: Essays from a Habermasian Perspective, State University of New York Press, 1991.
The Logic of Marx’s Capital: Replies to Hegelian Criticisms, State University of New York Press, 1990.
MONOGRAPH
Smith, p. 2
Lean Production: A Capitalist Utopia?, The International Institute for Research and Education, Amsterdam, 1994. (25,000 words).
EDITED VOLUME
Dialectics: The New Frontier (co-edited with Bertell Ollman). Special issue of Science and Society, Vol. 62, No. 3, 1998.
ARTICLES
1. “Towards a Marxian Theory of World Money,” Marxian Theories of Money, Fred Mosely, ed. Palgrave/Macmillan (forthcoming).
2. “Socialism and the Democratic Planning of Technical Change,” Readings in the Philosophy of Technology, David Kaplan, ed., Rowman and Littlefield, 2004 (319-36).
3. “Argentina: A Test Case of Globalization,” to appear in Readings in American Government, Shelley, Swift, and Schmidt, eds., Third Edition, Wadsworth, 2003.
4. “Technology and History in Capitalism: Marxian and Neo-Schumpeterian Perspectives,” Essays on Volume I of Marx’s Capital, Bellofiore and Taylor, eds., Plagrave, 2003 (217-42).
5. “Globalisation and Capitalist Property Relations: A Critical Assessment of Held’s Cosmopolitan Theory,” Historical Materialism, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2003. (3-35).
6. “Systematic and Historical Dialectics: Towards a Marxian Theory of Globalization,” New Dialectics and Political Economy, Rob Albritton, ed., Palgrave, 2003 (24-41).
7. “On the Homology Thesis in Hegel and Marx,” Historical Materialism, Vol 11, No. 1, 2003 (165-74).
7. “Neoliberalism’s Fatal Flaws: A Critical Assessment of Joseph Stiglitz’s Globalization and Its Discontents,” International Viewpoint, No. 345, Nov. 2002 (31-5).
8. “Hegel: Mystical Dunce or Important Predecessor: A Reply to Rosenthal,” Historical Materialism, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2002 (191-206).
9. “Lean Production: A Case of Social Evolution?” in Evolution and Historical Materialism, Blackledge and Kirkpatrick, eds., Palgrave, 2002 (213-35).
10. “Surplus Profits from Innovation: A Missing Level in Volume III?” The Culmination of Capital: Essays on Volume III, Reuten and Campbell, eds., London: Palgrave, 2002 (149-73).
11. “Against Free Market Environmentalism,” in Social Ethics (6th edition), Mappes and Zembaty, eds., New York: McGraw Hill, 2001 (488-91).
12. “On Joseph McCarney’s Hegel on History,” Historical Materialism, No. 9, 2001 (217-25).
13. “On Rosenthal’s ‘Escape’ from Hegel,” Science and Society, Vol. 64, No. 4, 2000-01 (489-98).
14. “The Systematic Place of Technological Rents in Capital III,” Race, Class, and Community Identity, Light and Nagel, eds., Amherst, New York: Humanity Books, 2000 (117-32).
Smith, p. 3
15. “Brenner and Crisis Theory: Issues in Systematic and Historical Dialectics,” Historical Materialism, No. 5, 2000 (145-78).
16. “A Reply to Fine, Lapavitsas and Milonakis on Dialectics and Crisis Theory,” Historical Materialism, No. 6, 2000 (139-44).
17. “Biotechnology and Global Justice,” The Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, Vol. 11, No. 3, 1999 (210-42).
18. “The Relevance of Systematic Dialectics to Marxian Thought: A Reply to Rosenthal,” Historical Materialism; No. 4, 1999 (215-40).
19. “Prospettive Sulle Globalizzazione” [“Perspectives on Globalization”] Vis-á-vis, No. 7, 1999 (57-76) [article commissioned by Italian journal of political theory].
20. “Value Theory and Dialectics,” Science and Society, Vol. 62, No. 3, 1998 (460-70).
21. “The Capital/Consumer Relation in Lean Production: The Continued Relevance of Volume II of Capital,” in Essays on Marx’s Second Volume of Capital, Arthur and Reuten, eds., London: Macmillan, 1998 (67-94).
22. “Marx’s Theory of Social Forms and Lakatos’s Methodology of Scientific Research Programs,” in New Investigations of Marx’s Method, Martha Campbell, ed., Atlantic Highlands: Humanities Press, 1997 (176-98).
23. “Technological Change, University/Business Relations, and the Public Good,” ISU Agricultural Ethics Forum, Spring 1997 (1-2).
24. “A Critical Comparison of the Neoclassical and Marxian Theories of Technical Change,” Historical Materialism, Vol. 1, No 1, 1997 (113-33).
25. “Free Market Environmentalism,” in Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Moral Issues, Stephen Satris, ed., 5th Edition, Duschkin Publishing Group/Brown and Benchrule, 1996 (70-3).
26. “Habermasian Political Philosophy and Contemporary Trends in Production and Consumption,” International Studies in Philosophy, Vol. XXVII, No. 4, 1995 (85-100).
27. “The Case Against Free Market Environmentalism,” Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. Vol. 8. No. 2, 1995 (126-45).
28. “Response to Jan Narveson,” Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1995 (157-158).
29. “Flexible Production and the Capital/Wage Labor Relation in Manufacturing,” Capital and Class, No. 53, Summer 1994 (39-64).
30. “Wittgenstein, Davidson, and Analytical Marxism,” Science and Society, Vol. 58, No. 4, Winter 1994 (482-86).
31. “Marx’s Capital and Hegelian Dialectical Logic,” in Method in Marx’s Capital, Fred Moseley, ed., Humanities Press, 1993 (15-36).
32. “The Free Trade Agreement: Who Gains? Who Loses?” in Readings in American Government and Politics Today, Schmidt and Shelley, eds., West Publishing Company, 1993.
Smith, p. 4
33. “The Politics of Postmodernism,” in Against the Current, July/August 1993 (22-25).
34. “A Note on the Models of Socialism Debate,” Science and Society, Vol. 57, No. 3, Fall 1993 (355-59).
35. “Publish and Perish: On the Separation of Research and Teaching,” In These Times, Vol. 17, No. 13, 1993.
36. “The Critique of Marxism in Baudrillard’s Later Writing,” Rethinking Marxism, Vol. 3, No. 4, 1990 (322-28). Reprinted in Paradigms in Political Philosophy, ISU Press, 1993.
37. “The Debate Regarding Dialectical Logic in Marx’s Economic Writings,” International Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 3., September 1990 (289-98).
38. “On Liberty and Equality,” Contemporary Social Thought: Proceedings of the Society for Social and Political Philosophy 1982-1989, Klare Press, 1990 (58-66).
39. “The Environmental Crisis: Causes and Solutions,” Economic and Policy Information, Vol. 33, No. 2, 1990 (1-2).
40. “Analytical Marxism and Marx’s Systematic Dialectical Theory,” Man and World, Vol. 23, 1990 (321-43).
41. “Marx and His Critics on the Private/Public Distinction,” Terrorism, Justice, and Social Values, Edward Mellon Press, 1990 (311-28).
42. “Are Entrepreneurial Profits Prima Facie Deserved?”, Journal for Peace and Justice Studies, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1989 (8l-9l).
43. “Roemer on Marx’s Theory of Exploitation: Shortcomings in a Non-Dialectical Approach,” Science and Society, Vol. 53, No. 3, 1989 (327-40).
44. “A Critical Examination of the Arguments for Food Irradiation,” Public Affairs Quarterly: A Journal of Philosophy and Public Policy, Vol. 3, No. 4, 1989.
45. “On Winfield’s The Just Economy,” Owl of Minerva, Vol. 21, No. 1, 1989 (l03-14).
46. “Hegel’s Theory of the Syllogism and Its Relevance to Marxism,” Radical Philosophy, 48, Spring 1988 (30-5).
47. “Habermas and History: The Institutionalization of Discourse as Historical Project,” in At the Nexus of Philosophy and History, Bernard P. Dauenhauer, ed., University of Georgia Press, 1987 (201-22).
48. “Social Scientists Are Not Neutral Onlookers to Agricultural Policy”; “A Reply to Johnson,” in Is There a Moral Obligation to Save the Family Farm?, Gary Comstock, ed., Iowa State University Press, 1987 (176-86; 196-99).
49. “Hegelianism and Marx: A Reply to Lucio Colletti,” Science and Society, Vol. L, No. 2, Summer 1986 (148-76).
50. “The Class Position of the Technocracy as Reflected in Ornette Coleman’s and Pat Metheny’s Song X,” Against the Current, No. 6, 1986 (52-5).
Smith, p. 5
51. “Habermas on the University: Bildung in the Age of Technology,” in Descriptions: The Journal of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Vol. 11, 1985 (274-85).
52. “Democracy and the Supply Side Argument,” in Leviathan: Proceedings of the Society for Social and Political Philosophy, Vol. 1, Spring 1985 (90-8).
53. “Kant’s Political Philosophy: Rechtsstaat or Council Democracy?” The Review of Politics, Vol. 47, No. 2, 1985 (253-80).
54. “Two Theories of Historical Materialism,” Theory and Society, Vol. l3, No. 4, 1984 (513-40).
55. “Ethics and Politics in the Work of Jurgen Habermas,” Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy, Vol. 11, No. 3, 1983 (333-51).
56. “Rawls and the Structural Limitations of the Capitalist State,” Journal of Social Philosophy, Vol. XIV, No. 4, 1983: (pp. 689-703) (Special microfilm edition). Reprinted in Philosophical Essays on the Idea of a Good Society, Hudson and Peden, eds., Edwin Mellon Press, 1988 (pp. 19-31).
57. “Robert Nozick’s Critique of Marxian Economics,” Social Theory and Practice, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1982 (165-88).
58. “The Scope of the Social Sciences in Weber and Habermas,” Philosophy and Social Criticism, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1981 (68-83).
BOOK REVIEWS
1. Thomas Pogge, ed., Global Justice, to appear in Science and Society.
2. Maurice Finocchiaro, Beyond Right and Left: Democratic Elitism in Mosca and Gramsci, to appear in International Studies in Philosophy.
3. Andres Walicki, Marxism and the Leap to the Kingdom of Freedom: The Rise and Fall of the Communist Utopia, to appear in International Studies in Philosophy.
4. Marcus Roberts, Analytical Marxism, to appear in International Studies in Philosophy.
5. Darren Webb, Marx, Marxism and Utopianism, to appear in International Studies in Philosophy.
6. Daniel Bensaïd, Marx for Our Times, Science and Society, Vol. 67, No. 4, 2003-04.
7. Terrell Carver, The Postmodern Marx, International Studies in Philosophy, Vol. XXXV/I, 2003.
8. Bonefeld and Psychopedis, eds., The Politics of Change: Globalization, Ideology and Critique, Historical Materialism, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2002.
9. Donald Weiss, The Specter of Capitalism and the Promise of a Classless Society, International Studies in Philosophy, Vol. XXXI/4, 1999.
10. Tom Mayer, Analytical Marxism, International Studies in Philosophy, Vol. XXVIII/4, 1996.
11. David Schweickert, Against Capitalism, International Studies in Philosophy, Vol. XXIX/I, 1997.
Smith, p. 6
12. Christopher Pines, Ideology and False Consciousness, International Studies in Philosophy, Vol. XXVII/4, 1995.
13. Andrew Levine, The General Will, Science and Society, Vol. 59, No. 2, 1995.
14. Philip Kain, Marx and Modern Political Theory, Journal of the History of Philosophy, Vol. 33, No. 3, 1995.
15. Steven Jay Gold, Moral Problems, Radical Philosophy Review of Books, No. 10, Summer 1994.
16. Keith Graham, Karl Marx, Our Contemporary, International Studies in Philosophy, Vol. XXVII, No. 2, 1994.
17. Ernest Mandel, Power and Money, Rethinking Marxism, Vol. 7, No. 2, Summer 1994.
18. Paul Adler, ed., Technology and the Future of Work, The Review of Radical Political Economy, Vol. 26, No. 3, 1994.
19. Ramin Ramtin, Capitalism and Automation, The Review of Radical Political Economy, Vol. 25, No. 1, 1993.
20. Andrew Feenberg, The Critical Theory of Technology, Science and Society, Vol. 57, No. 4 Winter 1993.
21. Bertell Ollman, Dialectical Methodology, Radical Philosophy Review of Books, No. 8, Summer 1993.
22. Dick Howard, Defining the Political and The Politics of Critique, International Studies in Philosophy, Vol. XXIV/3, 1992.
23. Antonio Negri, The Politics of Subversion, International Studies in Philosophy, Vol. XXIII, No. 3, 1991.
24. Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, International Studies in Philosophy, Vol. XXIV, No. l, 1992.
25. Dick Howard, From Marx to Kant, International Studies in Philosophy, Vol. XXIV/3, 1992.
26. Reuten and Williams, Value Form and the State, Science and Society, Vol. 56, No. 2, 1992.
27. Richard Hedelson, Marxism and Philosophy in the Twentieth Century, Canadian Philosophical Reviews, Vol. XI, No. 5, 1991.
28. Kai Nielsen, Marxism and the Moral Point of View, International Studies in Philosophy, Vol. XXIV/1, 1992.
29. Martin, Vaupel, and Egan, Unfulfilled Promise: Collective Bargaining in California Agriculture, in Agriculture and Human Values, Vol. VII, No. 2, 1990.
30. Dysart and Clawson, eds., Public Interest in the Use of Private Lands, in Agriculture and Human Values, Vol. VII, Nos. 3-4, 1990.
31. Joseph McCarney, Social Theory and the Crisis of Marxism, Radical Philosophy Review of Books, No. 3, 1990.
32. Chris Arthur, Dialectics of Labour: Marx and His Relation to Hegel, Against the Current, No. 22, 1989.
Smith, p. 7
33. Jim Merod, The Political Responsibility of the Critic, Ethics, Vol. 99, No. 1, 1988.
34. W. A. Suchting, Marx and Philosophy, Science and Society, Vol. 52, No. 2, Summer 1988.
35. Richard Miller, Analyzing Marx, Against the Current, No. 14, 1988.
36. Norman Levine, Dialogue Within the Dialectic, Science and Society, Vol. 51, No. 1, 1987.
37. Ira Gollobin, Dialectical Materialism, Canadian Philosophical Reviews, Vol. VII, No. 6, June 1987.
38. Dick Howard, From Marx to Kant, Canadian Philosophical Reviews, Vol. VI, No. 10, 1986.
39. David MacGregor, The Communist Ideal in Hegel and Marx, Science and Society, Vol. L, No. 4, l986-87.
40. David Felix, Marx as Politician, Vitae Scholasticae, Vol. 3, No. 1 (1984).
41. Gillian Rose, The Melancholy Science: An Introduction to the Thought of Theodor W. Adorno, Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 11, No. 4 (1982).
WORK IN PROGRESS
Book: A Systematic Comparison of Competing Perspectives on Globalization
Articles: “Towards a Marxian Theory of World Money.”“Is Globalization a New Stage in the History of Capitalism?”
OTHER WRITINGS
1,500-2,000 word essays for The Drummer, an alternative newspaper based at Iowa State University. Topics included: The Future of Socialism in Sweden, The Politics of Rap Music, The GATT Treaty and the Environment, The Clinton Candidacy, The North American Free Trade Agreement, Clinton’s Appointments, The Separation of Research and Teaching in the University, Interest Rate Hikes by the Federal Reserve Bank, the “McDonaldization” of the University, Inequality in the U.S. Economy, Globalization, and Financial Crisis in Argentina.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES REFEREED AND INVITED PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES
1. “A Critique of Paul Davidson’s Proposals to Reform the ‘International Financial Architecture,” Rethinking Marxism Conference, University of Massachusetts, November 4, 2003.
2. “Towards a Marxian Theory of World Money,” International Symposium on Marxian Theory, Mount Holyoke College, August 4, 2003.
3. “An Assessment of Joseph Stiglitz’s Globalization and Its Discontents, Radical Philosophy Association National Convention, Brown University, November 9, 2002.
4. “Technology and History in Capitalism: Marxian and Neo-Schumpeterian Perspectives,” International Symposium in Marxian Theory, University of Bergamo, Italy, July 11, 2002.
Smith, p. 8
5. “Towards a Marxian Theory of the World Market,” International Symposium in Marxian Theory, Creighton University, June 22, 2001.
6. “Surplus Profits from Innovation,” International Symposium on Marxian Theory, Amsterdam, July 12, 2000.
5. “Global Capitalism and Cosmopolitan Law: A Critical Assessment of David Held,” Radical Philosophy [United Kingdom] Conference (London), May 4, 2000; Radical Philosophy National Convention [U.S.], Loyola University of Chicago, November 7, 2000.
6. “Brenner and Crisis Theory: Issues in Systematic and Historical Dialects,” International Symposium on Marxian Theory, Mount Holyoke College (sponsor), Maine (site), August 11, 1999.
7. “Value Theory and Dialectics,” Socialist Scholars Conference, New York, April 1, 1999.
8. “A Critical Evaluation of Rosenthal’s The Myth of Dialectics,” Radical Philosophers Association National Convention, San Francisco State University, November 7, 1998.
9. “Biotechnology and Global Justice,” Bioethics Conference, Iowa State University, July 17, 1998.
10. “Five Perspectives on Globalization,” International Symposium on Marxian Theory, University of Bergamo, Italy, June 7, l998.
11. “Reply to N. Scott Arnold’s Critique of Marxian Value Theory,” International Symposium on Marxian Theory, Mexico City, June 3, 1997.
12. “Technological Change, University/Business Relations, and the Public Good,” Bioethics Conference, Des Moines, January 8, 1997.
13. “Technological Rents in Volume III of Capital,” International Symposium on Marxian Theory, University of Amsterdam, June 5, 1996; Radical Philosophers Association National Conference, Purdue University, November 16, 1996; Rethinking Marxism Conference, University of Massachusetts, December 7, 1996.
14. “Philosophical Defenses of Intellectual Property Rights,” Bioethics Conference, Bettendorf, Iowa, January 8, 1996.
15. “The Continued Relevance of Volume II of Capital,” New Paradigms in Social Theory Conference, Mount Holyoke College, June 6, 1995.
16. “The Impact of Conservative Policy Proposals on the Distribution of Technological Risks,” Project on Risks, Institutions, Science, and Knowledge, University of Iowa, April 1, 1995.
17. “Information Technology and Consumerism: Some Ethical Implications,” Radical Philosophers Association National Conference, Drake University, November 3, 1994.
18. “Marxism and Lakatos’s Methodology of Scientific Research Programs,” International Conference on New Directions in Social Theory, Mount Holyoke College, June 1994.
19. “Contemporary Trends in Production and Consumption: Implications for Social Philosophy,” Keynote Address, The Graduate Group for Marxist Studies Conference, State University of New York at Buffalo, April 9, 1994.
Smith, p. 9
20. “The Neoclassical Theory of Technology,” International conference on New Directions in Social Theory, Mount Holyoke College, June 1993.
21. “The Case Against Free Market Environmentalism,” Bioethics Institute, Iowa State University, May 19, 1993.
22. “Markets and Planning in Socialist Societies,” Iowa Philosophical Society, October 1992.
23. “Flexible Production and Marx’s Dialectic of Social Forms,” International Conference on New Directions in Social Theory, Mount Holyoke College, June 1992.
24. “Democratizing Technical Change”, Iowa Philosophical Society, Des Moines, November 1991.
25. “Towards a Systematic Marxist Theory of Technology,” International Conference on Capital, Mount Holyoke College, June 4, 1991.
26. “Technology, Planning, and Democracy,” Radical Philosophers Association, October 1990.
27. “The Critique of Marxism in Baudrillard’s Later Writings,” Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy Conference, October 1990.
28. “Jon Elster’s Critique of Systematic Dialectical Theories,” American Philosophical Association, New Orleans, April 1990.
29. “Baudrillard’s Postmodernism: A Marxist Critique,” Rethinking Marxism Conference, December 1990.
30. “A Critical Analysis of Dick Howard’s Defining the Political,” Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, October 1989.
31. “Roemer on Marxian Exploitation,” American Philosophical Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 1989.
32. “On Baudrillard and Marxism,” Society for Social and Political Philosophy, March 29, 1989.
33. “On University and Business Interlocks,” Religious Studies Conference on Education, Ames, Iowa, January 31, 1989 (published as op-ed piece in The Des Moines Register).
34. “The Debate Regarding Dialectical Logic in Marx’s Economic Writings,” Iowa Philosophical Society, Central College, November 12, 1988.
35. “Rationality and Irrationality in Science: A Test Case,” Mountain Plains Philosophical Society, October 8, 1988.
36. “The Debate Regarding Dialectical Logic in Marx’s Economic Writings,” University of Southern California (NEH Summer Institute on Marx’s Economics), June 18, 1989.
37. “Hegel’s Theory of the Syllogism,” American Philosophical Association, Cincinnati, April 29, 1988.
38. “Roemer on Exploitation,” Society for Social and Political Philosophy, April 8, 1988.
39. “Hegel’s Theory of the Syllogism and Its Relevance to Marxism,” Iowa Philosophical Society, November 6, 1987.
40. “Did Marx Commit a Petitio at the Beginning of Capital?” Society for Social and Political Philosophy, Bloomington, Illinois, April 11, 1986.
Smith, p. 10
41. “Ideology, Agricultural Science, and the Family Farm,” Is There a Moral Obligation to Save the Family Farm Conference, Iowa State University, February 20, 1986.
42. “Miller’s Refutation of Technological Determinism,” Western Division American Philosophical Association meeting of the Radical Philosophers Association, April 16, 1985.
43. “A Case of Economic Injustice: The Feminization of Poverty,” Pacific Division American Philosophical Association meeting of the North American Society for Social Philosophy, March 21, 1985.
44. “Marxism and Religion,” Conference sponsored by the Marxist Education Press, University of Northern Iowa, October 12, 1984.
45. “On the Private/Public Distinction,” Presidential Address, annual meeting of the Society for Social and Political Philosophy, April 13, 1984.
46. “Rawls and the Structural Contradictions of the Capitalist State,” Western Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association, April 27, 1984.
47. “Kantian Political Philosophy: Rechtsstaat or Council Democracy?” NEH Summer Institute on Kantian Ethics, Johns Hopkins University, August 3, 1983.
48. “The Society of Knowledge and Recent Democratic Theory,” Midwest Sociological Society, April 5, 1983.
49. “‘Liberty’ and ‘Equality’ in Business Ethics,” Society for Social and Political Philosophy, March 25, 1983.
50. “Habermas on The University: Bildung in the Age of Technology,” Society for Phenomenology and Existentialism, Pennsylvania State University, October 30, 1982.
51. “A Critique of G. A. Cohen’s Marx’s Theory of History,” Society for Social and Political Philosophy, St. Louis, Missouri, April 6, 1982.
52. “Nozick on the State and the Economy,” Iowa Philosophical Society, Grinnell, Iowa, November 14, 1981.
53. “Freedom and Coercion in the Political Philosophy of Robert Nozick,” Central States Philosophical Association, Columbia, Missouri, October 17, 1981.
54. “Democracy and the Supply Side Argument,” Society for Social and Political Philosophy, Springfield, Missouri, April 10, 1981.
55. “Marxism: Its Utility and Limitations,” Democratic Socialist Conference, New York, December 28, 1980.
56. “Habermas and His Marxist Critics,” Long Island Philosophical Society, December 12, 1979.
DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS AND OTHER PAPER PRESENTATIONS
1. “The Roots of Terrorism,” Teach-in on the Iraqi War, Drake University, October 2003.
Smith, p. 11
2. “A Critical Assessment of Joseph Stiglitz’s Globalization and Its Discontents,” department seminar, Philosophy Department, Iowa State University, October 29, 2002; Teach-in sponsored by Alliance for Global Justice, Ames, October 16, 2002.
3. “Poverty in the Global Economy,” invited talk, Nebraskans for Peace annual convention, Omaha, February 2002; Teach-in on Global Economy, Iowa State University, May 2002; Iowans for Peace, Drake University, June 2002.
4. “Biotechnology and Global Justice,” seminar presentation in Agronomy Seminar Series on Biotechnology, Iowa State University, November 2001.
5. “Feminist Perspectives on the Global Economy,” seminar presentation to Iowa State University Women in Development Group, May 2001.
6. “Competing Perspectives on Global Justice,” public talk, Creighton University, July 24, 2001.
7. “Activism, Resistance, and Change at ISU,” panel discussion, Memorial Union, Iowa State University, September 29, 2000.
8. “The Neoconservative Perspective on Globalization: A Critique of John Grey’s False Dawn,” seminar presentation to the Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, University of Amsterdam, Spring 2000.
9. “Perspectives on Globalization,” seminar presentation to the History and Methodology of Economics Department, University of Amsterdam, September 20, 1999.
10. “The Principles of Historical Materialism,” International Institute for Research and Education, Amsterdam, September 7, 1999.
11. “Agricultural Biotechnology and the ‘Third World’,” World Food Day Institute, Iowa State University, April 17, 1999.
12. “New Developments in the Workplace,” International Institute for Research and Education, Amsterdam, June 8, 1996.
13. “Lean Production: Beyond Social Antagonisms?” seminar, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, April 17, 1996.
14. “The Capital/Consumer Relation in Lean Production,” seminar, Philosophy Department, Iowa State University, April 13, 1995.
15. “Some Ethical Implications of Contemporary Trends in Consumption,” seminar, Political Economy Speaker Series, University of California, Berkeley, February 3, 1994.
16. “Work Relations in the Age of Flexible Production,” seminar, Institute for Urban and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley, November 11, 1993.
17. “Work Relations in the Age of Flexible Production,” seminar, Political Science Department, Iowa State University, April 1993.
18. “Robert Reich’s The Work of Nations: The Shortcomings of Reich’s ‘New Economic Nationalism’,” invited talk, Kansas State University, April 1993.
Smith, p. 12
19. “The Future of Work,” panel presentation, National Affairs Institute, Iowa State University, February 1993.
20. “Is There a Future for Socialism?” seminar, Wartburg College, December 1992.
21. “The North American Free Trade Agreement: Who Gains? Who Loses?” panel presentation, Iowa State University, October 1992.
22. “Three Models of Socialism,” invited talk, St. Louis University Summer School on Socialism, August 1992.
23. “From Mass Production to Flexible Production,” Seminar Series, Department of Architecture, Iowa State University, April 1992.
24. “GATT Talks and the Environmental Crisis,” “We’ve Got to Talk” Lecture Series, Iowa State University, November 1991.
25. “Regressive Taxation and Fiscal Crisis,” “We’ve Got to Talk” Lecture Series, Iowa State University, September 1991.
26. “Are Environmental Crises Inevitable?” seminar, Agronomy Department, Iowa State University, April 1990.
27. “Hegel’s Dialectic of Greek Religion and Marx’s Critique of Capital,” seminar, Department of Philosophy, Creighton University, April 1990.
28. “Global Citizenship: Some Economic and Moral Arguments,” lecture, United Ministries in Higher Education, May 29, 1989.
29. “Rationality and Irrationality in Science: A Test Case,” seminar, Department of Philosophy, Wichita State University, April 11, 1989.
30. “Capitalism and Ethics,” lecture presented to Campus Ministers’ Association, Iowa State University, March 2, 1988.
31. “A Critical Look at Arguments for Food Irradiation,” seminar sponsored by Iowa State University Bioethics Committee, December 11, 1987.
32. “Marx’s Use of the Category “Essence” in Capital,” seminar, University of Kent at Canterbury, February 20, 1987.
33. “Replies to Hegelian Objections to Capital,” seminar, University of Sussex, December 4, 1986.
34. “Ethics in Agriculture,” lecture presented to Kellogg Workshop, Iowa State University, June 20, 1985.
35. “On the Nature of Philosophy Discourse in Social Theory,” seminar, Iowa State University, October 24, 1984.
36. “Marx and Jesus: Friends or Foes?” Summer Lecture Series, Iowa State University, June 19, 1984.
37. “Hegelianism and Marx,” seminar, Philosophy Department, Iowa State University, February 22, 1984.
38. “Rawls and the Structural Contradictions of the Capitalist State,” seminar, Kansas State University, April 8, 1983.
Smith, p. 13
39. “The Politics of the Nuclear First Strike Threat,” public lecture, Iowa State University, November 25, 1982.
40. “Rethinking Rawls,” seminar, Philosophy Department, Iowa State University, November 18, 1982.
41. “On Decisions Regarding the Acceptability of Research Proposals,” university lecture, Iowa State University, April 1, 1982.
42. “Two Theories of Historical Materialism,” seminar, Philosophy Department, Iowa State University, March 20, 1982.
43. “The Formation of Political Consciousness and Contemporary Rock,” lecture sponsored by the Philosophy Club, Iowa State University, February 16, 1981.
44. “Nozick’s Critique of Marxian Theory,” seminar, Philosophy Department, Iowa State University, February 4, 1981.
45. “Feuerabend’s ‘Free Society’: A Response to Robert Hollinger,” seminar, Philosophy Department, Iowa State University, September 24, 1980.
46. “Habermas’ Political Philosophy,” seminar, Philosophy Department, Iowa State University, February 14, 1980.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Philosophical AssociationIowa Philosophical Society, President 1982-83Society for Social and Political Philosophy, Vice President 1982-83, President 1983-84.North American Society for Social PhilosophyRadical Philosophers Association, President (Mid-West Division) 1985-86, Program Committee 2000-02,
Program Committee (Chair) 2002-04.Union of Radical Political EconomistsConference of Socialist EconomistsCommittee for Responsible GeneticsPhilosophers for Social Responsibility
REFEREE, EDITORIAL AND REVIEW ACTIVITIES
Editorial Board, Historical Materialism (U.K.) 1997-present.Consultant, Science and Society, 1999-2001; Contributing Editor, 2002-present.Advisory Board, E. J. Brill Press book series in Radical Social Theory, 1996-present.Advisory Editorial Board, Against the Current, 1986-present.Advisory Editorial Board, page *2 (France), 1996-present.Consultant, Metaphilosophy, 1994-present.Consultant, Broadview Press, 1999.Consultant, National Science Foundation, 1996.
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Consultant, State University of New York Press, 1994-96.Consultant, Journal of the History of Ideas, 1993.Consultant, Guilford Press, 1990.Consultant, Philosophy and Social Criticism, 1983-85.Consultant, MIT Press series “Studies in Continental Philosophy,” 1982.
HONORS AND AWARDSNATIONAL AWARDS
National Science Foundation Grant, Technology and Human Values Program, 1993-1994.GTE “Technology and Ethics” Grant, Iowa Humanities Board Grant (chief author of proposal), 1990.National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute on Karl Marx as Social Theorist, 1988.National Endowment for the Humanities Institute on Kantian Ethical Thought, 1983 SHRI Summer
Stipend, 1982.National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend, 1981.
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY AWARDS
Faculty Improvement Leave, l999-2000.Science, Technology & Society Program Research Grant, 1998.Member of team receiving Provost’s Award to develop National Science Foundation Proposal for Center
for the Study of Life Sciences and Ethics, 1997-98.Project Award Grant for Curriculum Development, 1996.Provost Award for Mentoring New Faculty, 1995-96.Appointed Iowa State University representative to Project on Risks Institutions, Science and Knowledge,
University of Iowa, funded by the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education, 1995.Faculty Improvement Leave, 1993-94.Selected to participate in Regent’s London Program, 1990.Faculty Improvement Leave, 1986-1987.Science and Humanities Research Initiative Summer Stipend, 1982.
STUDENT AWARDS
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1978.
Bavarian Minister of Culture and Education Fellowship for Study at the University of Munich (administered by Fulbright), Germany, 1978-79.
Selected as Wissenschaftlicher Hilfsassistant, Institute for Philosophy, University of Tubingen, Germany, 1975.
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Boston College, 1974.
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ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE ACTIVITIESDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEES
Varnas Faculty Status Review Committee, 2003Davidson Faculty Status Review Committee, 2002.Speakers Committee, 2002-03.Ad hoc Committee for Chair in Global Social Responsibility proposal, 2002.Ad hoc committee to revise departmental governance document for compliance with recent LAS policies,
2001.DEO Review Committee, 2001.Svatos Faculty Status Review Committee, 2000.Department Awards Committee, 1996-99.Vogel Faculty Status Review Committee, 1998.TDEO, 1997-98.Search Committee, Modern Philosophy position, 1996-97.Faculty Awards Committee (Chair), 1996-99.Hollinger Faculty Status Review Committee, 1995-96, 1996-97.Vogel Faculty Status Review Committee, 1996.TDEO, 1995-96.Search Committee, Ethics position, 1994.External member of promotion committee for Philosophy Department of SUNY, New Paltz, NY, 1993.Awards committee (Chair), 1993-95.Graduate Program Committee, 1992-93.Search Committee, Philosophy of Technology position, 1992.Faculty Awards Committee (Chair), 1992-93.TDEO, 1991-92.Sawyer Faculty Status Review Committee (Chair), 1991.Governance Document Committee, 1989-90.Evans Faculty Status Review Committee (Chair), 1989-90.Ad hoc committee on feminist philosophy (Chair), 1988-89.Hollenbach Faculty Status Review Committee (Chair), 1988.Search Committee, temporary positions in ethics, 1988.Search Committee, Philosophy of Technology position (Chair), l987-88.Speakers Committee, 1987-89.Hollenbach Faculty Status Review Committee (Chair), 1985.Library Committee (Chair), l984-86.Curriculum Committee, 1984-86.Seminar Committee (Chair), 1982-84.Ad hoc Committee on guidelines to acceptability of research proposals (Chair), 1982-84.Search Committee, temporary position, 1983.Search Committee, joint Philosophy/Classics appointment, 1981-82.Search Committee, temporary position in ethics, 1981.Faculty-Student Relations Committee, Advisor, Philosophy Club, 1980-81, 1981-82.
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COLLEGE COMMITTEES
LAS Representative Assembly, 2000-03.Humanities Representative, Executive Committee of the LAS Representative Assembly, 2000-01;
reelected, 2001-02.Sciences and Humanities Faculty and Alumni Recognition Committee, 1989-92.Sciences and Humanities Representative Assembly, College of Arts and Sciences, 1983-86.Honors Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, 1982-85.
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES
Bioethics Committee, 1988-92; Bioethics Institute Board, 1998-present.Truman Scholarship Committee, 2001-03.Murray G. Bacon Center for Business Ethics, co-chair, 1992-93; 2001-02.Planning Committee, World Food Day, 1999.Science, Technology, and Society Program, Committee to Award Graduate Fellowships, 1997-99.Committee to Draft National Science Foundation Proposal for Center for the Study of Life Sciences and
Ethics, 1997-98.Faculty Senate, 1995-98.Selection Committee for Chair of Technology and Social Change program, 1990.Advisory Committee, Technology & Social Change Program, 1988-90.University Honors Committee, 1985-88.World Affairs Institute, 1984-97; 2001-02.University Technology and Social Change in Foreign Cultures Advisory Committee, 1981-85.Faculty Advisor, Iowa State Public Interest Research Group, 1981-85; Iranian Student Association, 1981-
86; ISU Socialist Collective, 1982-94; Ames Coalition, 1983-86; Progressive Action Coalition, 1987-89; N.O.R.M.L., 1983-86; United Students of Iowa, 1983-85; General Union of Palestinian Students, 1984-92; Ames Alternative Music Coalition, 1987-92; North America Farm Alliance, 1988-91; Tenant/Landlord Service, 1989-90; Public Interest Research Group, 1989-90, Headphones [undergraduate group exploring alternative music], 2003-.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Board of Directors, Iowa Public Policy Institute (think tank funding academic research on topics relevant to public policy issues in Iowa), 2001-present.
Producer and host of interview show for local cable access television station, 1990-96. Interviews with scholars and activists such as Paul Sweezy, David Noble, Diane Johnstone, Howard Zinn, Alison Jagger, Kirkpatrick Sale, Richard Walker, Kim Moody, Ernest Mandel, Stephanie Coontz, and Donald Barlett.
Chair of Board of Directors, Edward Allen Foundation, 1984-86.Board of Directors, Mutual Aid Food Association (now Wheatsfield Grocery), 1984.
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Board of Directors, Iowa Ratepayers Association, 1983-85.Co-founder, Ames Coalition (ran progressive candidates for City Council), 1983.Member, “Fair Housing Task Force,” 1983-85.Chair, Central Iowa Local, Socialist Party, 1982-83.