Mary Caputi
Mary Caputi holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University in political theory, a Master’s Degree in International Relations from The University of Chicago, and a Master’s Degree in Italian Studies from California State University, °µÍøÊÓƵ. At Cal State, she taught courses in political theory, feminist thought, and critical thinking for 30 years.
Most recently, she co-edited Research Handbook on Feminist Political Thought with Patricia Moynagh, published by Edward Elgar Press (2024).
She has also published Slow Culture and the American Dream: A Slow and Curvy Philosophy for the 21st Century (Lexington Books, 2022), Feminism and Power: The Need for Critical Theory (Lexington Books, 2013), A Kinder, Gentler America: Melancholia and the Mythical 1950s (University of Minnesota Press, 2005), and Voluptuous Yearnings: A Feminist Theory of the Obscene (Rowman & Littlefield, 1994). With Amirhosein Khandizaji, she co-authored David Riesman and Critical Theory: Autonomy versus Emancipation (Palgrave MacMillan, 2021). She also co-edited and contributed to three collections of essays: Teaching Marx and Critical Theory in the Twenty-First Century, co-edited with Bryant Sculos (Brill, 2019), and Jacques Derrida and the Future of the Liberal Arts, co-edited with Vincent Del Casino (Bloomsbury, 2013), and Revisiting Marcuse: Critical Reflections and New Perspectives, co-edited with Amirhosein Khandizaji (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025). She served as editor of Politics & Gender from 2016-2019.
Professor Caputi has taught abroad on several occasions in Florence and Rome, Italy. She is now at work on a book about American counterculture in the 21st century.
