Michael Au-Mullaney, PhD

I work on 19th and 20th century European philosophy, especially in the traditions of existential philosophy and phenomenology.

In my research, I address questions about the nature of love and its relation to ethics and interdependence. I propose that understanding what love is requires giving careful attention both (1) to how we apprehend or presume value in other persons, and (2) to the structures of interdependence that obtain between people, as well as how people respond to those structures, especially through their emotions.

Publications

Peer-reviewed Articles:
“Kierkegaard on the Reasons for Neighborly Love” European Journal of Philosophy (2026) DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/ejop.70043

“Kierkegaard on the (Un)happiness of Faith” with R.S. Kemp in British Journal for the History of Philosophy (2018) 26:3 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2017.1401525

Invited Articles and Reviews:
Review of Søren Harnow Klausen, Søren Kierkegaard: Educating for Authenticity (Cham: Springer, 2018). Danish Yearbook of Philosophy (Forthcoming) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/24689300-bja10088

“Not Elves Exactly: Direct Communication in Kierkegaard’s Upbuilding Discourses” in Søren Kierkegaard Newsletter (2018)

Public Philosophy:
“Wuthering Heights: K.E. Løgstrup on love” (article on K.E. Løgstrup and the new film adaptation of Wuthering Heights)
https://philosophynow.org/issues/175/Wuthering_Heights