Matthew H Bowker Boeken

Exploring absurdity as a pervasive attempt to render experiences meaningless, Matthew H. Bowker draws from a wide array of disciplines, including philosophy, literature, and politics. He examines how postmodern critiques challenge reason and subjectivity, revealing the absurd efforts tied to our histories, identities, and public endeavors. This work engages scholars and practitioners across multiple fields, offering a thought-provoking perspective on the implications of absurdity in contemporary culture.

A Dangerous Place to Be examines identity-based conflict in colleges and universities, analyzing the actions of students, teachers, administrators, and educational organizations as efforts to manage dilemmas and disturbances arising in the process of identity formation.

Treating 'experience' as an ideology, Bowker analyzes why experience is so popular and influential, how it relates to trauma and trauma theory, and what it tells us about our political and cultural condition.