Walter A. Davis
Walter A. Davis | |
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| Born | November 9, 1942 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Marquette University University of Chicago (PhD) |
| Thesis | Theories of Form in Modern Criticism: An Examination of the Theories of Kenneth Burke and R. S. Crane (1969) |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School or tradition | Continental philosophy |
| Institutions | Ohio State University |
Walter A. "Mac" Davis (born November 9, 1942) is an American philosopher, critic, and playwright. He is Professor Emeritus of English at Ohio State University and the author of eight books. Davis has also taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His theoretical work engages critically with psychoanalysis, Marxism, existentialism, Hegelian dialectics and postmodernism. For a more general audience, he has written plays and two volumes of essays in cultural criticism.