Richard J. F. Day Philosopher

Richard J. F. Day (born c. 1964) is a Canadian political philosopher and sociologist. He is the undergraduate chair and professor in the department of global development at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada He was previously associate professor of sociology. He considers himself to be critically involved with the broader question of the articulation of social subjects with group identities such as those offered up by nations, states, and corporations. He is particularly interested in the possibilities for radical social change via the construction of alternative dual power communities and polities especially in situations of indigenous resistance, queer and feminist organizing and anti-globalization activism.

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Birth place	British Columbia , Vancouver , Canada
Era	20th-century philosophy
Main interest	Anarchism Political philosophy Anti-globalization movement Hegemony Queer theory Feminist theory Postcolonialism

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influenced by	Jacques Lacan Antonio Gramsci Michel Foucault Gustav Landauer
notable idea	Hegemony Affinity group Newest Social Movements
philosophical school	Anarchism Post-structuralism Continental philosophy Queer theory Postcolonialism Critical theory