Benjamin Ogden

Benjamin Ogden received his BA with distinction at McGill University and then studied phenomenology at KU Leuven supported by the Flemish government’s Mastermind Scholarship (2023-2025). There, his thesis revolved around the concept of teleology in Husserl’s later philosophy. His current work focuses on using phenomenological methods to explore the relationship between language and history. Presently, this involves investigating the phenomenological implications of Husserl’s early semiotics for non-Indo-European languages. He also is pursuing research on political theology in Schmitt, Taubes, and Benjamin and the role played by Hebrew eschatology in modern philosophies of history. Ogden is also interested in the postliberal intellectual tradition, broadly construed. 

Research Interests: Semiotic analyses of non-Indo-European languages, phenomenologies of historical experience, postliberalism and political theology

Selected Publications: A Faithless Metaphysics: Spengler’s Influence on Husserl’s The Crisis of European Sciences' (History of the Human Sciences, Sage).