Biography
Samantha is a Teaching Fellow in Political Philosophy. She has taught at the Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany; Dublin City University; and Trinity College Dublin.
Her research areas are in political and moral philosophy, Kantian and post-Kantian philosophy. She completed her Ph.D. at TCD in 2023. Her thesis justifies Hannah Arendt's appropriation of Immanuel Kant's aesthetic reflective judgment as a means for political decision-making.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Samantha Fazekas, Leaving Phronesis Behind: Arendt's Turn to Kant, Works of Philosophy and Their Reception, 2024
Samantha Fazekas, This philosophical theory can help you stop taking criticism personally, 2023, -
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Samantha Fazekas, Hannah Arendt's Unwritten Theory of Political Judgment, Trinity College Dublin, 2023
Research Expertise
Description
Samantha's research interests are in political and moral philosophy, Kantian and post-Kantian philosophy. She is currently preparing her Ph.D. thesis for publication. Her thesis develops a new reading of Hannah Arendt's interpretation of Immanuel Kant's aesthetic reflective judgment. The aim of this project is to justify Arendt's claim that she brings Kant's unwritten political philosophy to fruition by appropriating reflective judgment as a model for political judgment. The novelty of this project is that it situates reflective judgment in Arendt's political thought - without compromising the integrity of Kant's aesthetics or Arendt's conception of politics. By developing an Arendtian phenomenology of privacy, this project offers a new reading of Arendt's public-private distinction. It has the potential to square the formality of reflective judgment with the publicity and worldliness of political judgment.Recognition
Awards and Honours
Travel Grant (Trinity College Dublin Trust)
Travel Grant (Trinity College Dublin Trust)
DAAD Doctoral Research Scholarship
Postgraduate Research Studentship (Trinity College Dublin)
Postgraduate Teaching Award (Trinity College Dublin)
Dermot McAleese Teaching Award (Trinity College Dublin)
Lonergan Scholarship (Boston College)
Junior Scholar Research Grant (Boston College)
Presidential Scholarship (Loyola University Maryland)
Alice M. Lage Memorial Scholarship (Loyola University Maryland)
National Fellows Summer Research Grant (Loyola University Maryland)
Catholic Studies Research Grant (Loyola University Maryland)
Ayd Philosophy Medal (Loyola University Maryland)
Academy of American Poets Prize
Academic Achievement Award (Loyola University Maryland)