Lisa Guenther

Lisa Guenther (/ˈɡʌnθər/;[1] born 1971) is a Canadian philosopher and activist, known for her work on solitary confinement, prison torture, reproductive injustice, and the carceral state.

Education and career

Guenther received a Bachelor of Arts from Bishop's University and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Toronto.[2]

Cross-appointed to the Department of Philosophy and the Graduate Program in Cultural Studies, Guenther is a Queen’s National Scholar in Political Philosophy and Critical Prison Studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.[3] Prior to 2018, she served as Associate Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. Her first academic position was at the University of Auckland.

Research areas

Guenther specializes in feminist philosophy, critical phenomenology,[4] and political philosophy. Her 2015 book, Solitary Confinement, has been described by the Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews as "a liberation manifesto in struggles against captivity".[5]

Public philosophy

Guenther's work with inmates on death row in Riverbend maximum security prison in Nashville has received considerable media attention. In her interview with The Boston Review she describes her efforts as being grounded in a new understanding of what philosophy is: "I now approach philosophy as a radical democratic practice of collective sense-making."[6] The Chronicle of Higher Education in its profile of Guenther called her "radical advocate for prison reform."[7]

Publications

As author

  • Guenther, Lisa (2013). Solitary Confinement: Social Death and its Afterlives. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-816-67959-1.[8]
  • Guenther, Lisa (2006). The Gift of the Other: Levinas and the Politics of Reproduction. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-791-46848-7.[9]

As editor

  • Adelsberg, Geoff; Guenther, Lisa; Zeman, Scott, eds. (2015). Death and Other Penalties: Philosophy in a Time of Mass Incarceration. New York: Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-823-26530-5.

See also

References

  1. ^ Prof. Lisa Guenther Interviewed by R' Shmuly Yanklowitz on YouTube
  2. ^ "Guenther, Lisa | Department of Philosophy". Queen's University at Kingston. Archived from the original on 2024-11-15. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  3. ^ Carroll, Andrew (February 1, 2018). "An opportunity to build bridges, strengthen ties". www.queensu.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  4. ^ Lisa Guenther, Solitary Confinement: Social Death and Its Afterlives, University of Minnesota Press, 2013, pp. xi–xxx: "Introduction: A Critical Phenomenology of Solitary Confinement".
  5. ^ James, Joy (2015-05-15). "Solitary Confinement: Social Death and Its Afterlives". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  6. ^ Dzur, Albert W. (25 June 2015). "Teaching Philosophy on Death Row". Boston Review. Archived from the original on 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  7. ^ Schimke, David (3 August 2015). "From Theorist to Activist". Archived from the original on 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  8. ^ Luxon, Nancy (August 2019). "Book Review: Solitary Confinement: Social Death and Its Afterlives , by Lisa Guenther". Political Theory. 47 (4): 585–589. doi:10.1177/0090591718817329. ISSN 0090-5917. Archived from the original on 2021-05-25. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  9. ^ Benso, Silvia (2007). "The Gift of the Other: Levinas and the Politics of ReproductionLisa Guenther Suny Series in Gender Theory Albany, NY: Suny Press, 2006, ix + 190 pp., $74.50, $24.95 paper". Dialogue. 46 (2): 409–411. doi:10.1017/S0012217300001955. ISSN 0012-2173.
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