Imge Oranli
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7271 E. Sonoran Arroyo Mall, Santa Catalina Hall Room 251H Mesa, AZ 85212
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Mail code: 2780Campus: Poly
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Imge Oranlı is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Unit (IHC) within the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts. After receiving her Ph.D. degree from DePaul University (Chicago) in 2015, Oranlı returned to her hometown Istanbul (Turkey), and worked as a lecturer of philosophy at Koç University and other institutions, teaching courses on ethics and Continental philosophy. After joining ASU in 2019, Oranlı’s primary focus has been her research on moral and political evil; philosophies of evil, and their implications for analyzing state violence, genocide, and its denial, specifically in the context of WWI and its aftermath and Turkish-Armenian relations. Oranli published articles on theories of evil, violence, and epistemic injustice in the peer-reviewed journals Social Epistemology; Interventions; Science et Esprit and wrote invited essays for Philosophy World Democracy and the APA Public Philosophy Blog.
- 2015 –– Ph.D. in Philosophy, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
- 2012 –– M.A. in Philosophy, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
- 2008 –– M.A. in Philosophy, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2004 –– B.A. in Philosophy, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Oranli's work mostly explores critical philosophical perspectives in the Continental philosophical tradition in connection with moral and political theories of evil. She is also interested in the literature on epistemic injustice, theories of violence, critical philosophy of race and racism, genocide studies, feminist ethics and postcolonial theory. In her book project, she utilizes an interdisciplinary and applied methodology to bring cases of political violence into contact with theories of evil.
2022. [in Turkish] “bell hooks’un Eğitim Felsefesi Üzerine Bir Deneme: Katılımcı Pedagoji ve Uygulanışı” [An Essay on bell hooks’ Philosophy of Education: Engaged Pedagogy and its Application] 5 Harfliler: Online Feminist Magazine [5Harfliler is an online feminist magazine focusing on gender, politics, art, and pop culture.] https://www.5harfliler.com/bell-hooksun-egitim-felsefesi-uzerine-bir-de…
2021. "The Power of Concepts under Authoritarianism: The Life of Arendt’s Banality of Evil in Turkey" (American Philosophical Association Public Philosophy Blog): https://blog.apaonline.org/2021/07/19/the-power-of-concepts-under-authoritarianism-the-life-of-arendts-banality-of-evil-in-turkey/
2021. "Decentering Europe in the Thinking of Evil," Philosophy World Democracy (Online Philosophy Journal): https://www.philosophy-world-democracy.org/decentering-europe-in-the-thinking-of-evil
2021. "Fanon's Frame of Violence: Undoing the Instrumental/Non-Instrumental Binary," Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies. Currently published online on January 25, 2021. https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KYYIKWT2D3JE9H3MBUEY/full?target=10.1080/1369801X.2020.1863841
2021. "Epistemic Injustice from Afar: Rethinking the Denial of Armenian Genocide," Social Epistemology, Special Issue "Epistemic Injustice and Collective Wrongdoing" Volume 35 Issue 2: 120-132 https://doi.org/10.1080/02691728.2020.1839593
2018. “Evil’s Inscrutability in Arendt and Levinas,” Science et Esprit, Revue de philosophie et de théologie, Special Issue “L'énigme du mal: abordages philosophiques depuis Kant,” Vol. 70, Issue 3. https://udominicaine.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/SE-70-3-corr.pdf
2018. “Genocide Denial: A form of Evil or a Type of Epistemic Injustice?” European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Vol. 4 No. 2a. https://revistia.org/files/articles/ejis_v4_i2_18/Imge.pdf
Courses
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHI 101 | Introduction to Philosophy |
| PHI 105 | Intro to Ethics |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHI 105 | Intro to Ethics |
| PHI 408 | Feminist Ethics |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHI 306 | Applied Ethics |
| PHI 105 | Intro to Ethics |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHI 105 | Intro to Ethics |
| PHI 790 | Reading and Conference |
| PHI 408 | Feminist Ethics |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHI 105 | Intro to Ethics |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHI 101 | Introduction to Philosophy |
| PHI 408 | Feminist Ethics |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHI 306 | Applied Ethics |
| PHI 105 | Intro to Ethics |
| PHI 790 | Reading and Conference |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHI 101 | Introduction to Philosophy |
| PHI 306 | Applied Ethics |
| PHI 306 | Applied Ethics |