Ian Angus

Ian Henderson Angus (born 18 April 1949) is an interdisciplinary philosopher and social critic who writes on continental philosophy, Canadian studies, communication theory, social movements, ecological thought, and the university. Born in London, England, he holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in philosophy from the University of Waterloo and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in social and political thought from York University (1980). He has taught at the University of New Hampshire, Trent University, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and is currently a professor in the Department of Humanities at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. His early work engaged with phenomenology and the Frankfurt school, focusing on instrumental reason. His later work has explored Canadian identity, social movements, and the transformation of the university in the context of network capitalism and technoscience.