Renate Holub is a political philosopher

Philosophy

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 and critical social theorist

Social theory

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. After studying in Paris

Paris

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, Madrid

Madrid

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, London

London

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 and Rome

Rome

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 she received advanced degrees at the University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

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(USA). Her dissertation focused on the Italian

Italy

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 enlightenment philosopher Giambattista Vico

Giambattista Vico

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. She has also published a study of the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci

Antonio Gramsci

Antonio Gramsci was an Italian writer, politician, political philosopher, and linguist. He was a founding member and onetime leader of the Communist Party of Italy and was imprisoned by Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime...

, entitled Antonio Gramsci: Beyond Marxism and Postmodernism. (1992) Currently, she lives in the San Francisco area and is Professor and Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies department at the University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

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. Over the past decade, her research has focused on Intellectuals, Rights, and States in a variety of global regions of both developed and developing economies.

Currently she is working on research regarding the role of technology in the empowerment of society.

External links

• Renate Holub's Homepage