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Ruttenberg, Howard

Ruttenberg, Howard

Professor

History, Philosophy and Anthropology

Phone: 718-262-2649
Office Location: AC-3E17
Email: hruttenberg@york.cuny.edu

Howard Ruttenberg began at York College as an Instructor while still working on his dissertation with Richard McKeon at The University of Chicago, becoming an Assistant Professor in 1974.  In his 40 years at York, he has taught most of the courses in Philosophy, two in Speech, three in Political Science, CLDV 210 and Academic Computing 101.  He has participated in every major curriculum reform at the College.  He studied psychoanalysis at the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies to develop his teaching methods and was his Department's chairperson for 16 years. He returned to full-time teaching and scholarship, retiring August 2018. He returned as adjunct faculty to teach History of Philosophy 213, Modern Philosophy, in the Spring of 2022.

Office Hours

DayTime
Monday & Wednesday10-10:45 a.m.
Tuesday5-5:45 pm
by appointment

Education

DegreeInstitutionFieldDates
PhD The University of Chicago Committee on the Analysis of Ideas & The Study of Methods 1973 
BA The University of Chicago Philosophy 1960 

Areas of Expertise

  • History of Philosophy
  • Political Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Religion
  • Teaching Philosophy
  • Psychoanalytic Theory

Publications in Field Of Expertise

Other