Claudia Leeb

Areas of interest

Contemporary political theory and philosophy, 19th- and 20th-century continental political thought, feminist political thought, Frankfurt School of critical theory, and psychoanalysis.

Education

• PhD, Political Theory and Philosophy, The New School for Social Research, New York
• PhD, Psychology and Philosophy of Science, University of Vienna, Austria
• MA, Gender Studies and Feminist Theory, The New School for Social Research
• MS, Psychology, The University of Vienna
• BS, Psychology, The University of Vienna

Biography

Claudia Leeb is an Associate Professor of Political Theory in the School of Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs at Washington State University. She holds a PhD in Political Theory and an MA in Feminist Theory from the New School for Social Research in New York City, and a PhD and an MS in Psychology from the University of Vienna, Austria. She works at the intersection of early Frankfurt school critical theory, feminist theory, and psychoanalytic theory to address questions of power and socio-political change in contemporary societies. She is the author of "The Politics of Repressed Guilt" (2018, Edinburgh University Press), "Power and Feminist Agency in Capitalism" (2017, Oxford University Press), "Working-Class Women in Elite Academia" (2004, Peter Lang Publisher), and "Die Zerstörung des Mythos von der Friedfertigen Frau" (1998, Peter Lang Publisher). She has published articles in "Political Theory," "Perspectives of Politics," "Theory & Event," "Contemporary Political Theory," "Constellations," "Social Philosophy Today," "The Good Society," "Open Cultural Studies," "Philosophy & Social Criticism," "The Berlin Journal of Critical Theory," and "Radical Philosophy Review." She has also contributed several book chapters to anthologies on Frankfurt school critical theory. She is currently working on a new book project on the rise of the far right titled: Analyzing the Far Right: A Psychoanalytic and Critical Theory Perspective.