Graduate Directory
- Title
- PhD Candidate
- Division Humanities Division
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 115
- Online Zoom Room
- Office Hours Varies
- Mail Stop History Of Consciousness
Summary of Expertise
Emmett's thought is highly influenced by Plato, Aristotle, Paul, Augustine, Luther, Marx, the French Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida’s deconstruction, Hayden White’s metahistory and figural realism, Norman O. Brown’s psychoanalytic reading of history, and Robert Meister’s work. Topical expertise includes political theory, political economy, political theology, human rights discourse, colonialism (post-colonial theory), financialization, globalization, and Trump/Trumpism.
Research Interests
Emmett's current research is an attempt to understand: 1) the appeal of Donald Trump, 2) how his presidency squares with American history (both what we do and what we tell ourselves about what we do) and the US Constitution, 3) what has changed after Trump, and 3) what is new about our current conjuncture, especially in relation to geo-political considerations.
Biography, Education and Training
MA in Philosophy from Boston College and BA in the same from UC Berkeley. Emmett's also a decent handball player and musician.
Honors, Awards and Grants
2022 Tribeca Summer Research Fellowship
2022 Histcon Spring-Quarter Fellowship
2020 Tribeca Summer Research Fellowship
QE Fellowship Fall 2019
2019 Tribeca Summer Research Fellowship
The Regent’s Scholarship for the 2017-2018 academic year
Selected Publications
Peixoto, Emmett. "A Trumpian Mechanism." CLCWEB: Comparative Literature and Culture 23.1 (March 2021): <https://doi.org/10.7771/1481-4374.4012>
