Faculty profile
Professor Drucilla Cornell
Drucilla Cornell is Professor of Political Science, Women's Studies, and Comparative Literature at Rutgers University.
Drucilla Cornell is Professor of Political Science, Women's Studies, and Comparative Literature at Rutgers University. She has written numerous articles on contemporary continental thought, critical theory, grass-roots political and legal mobilization, jurisprudence, women's literature, feminism, aesthetics, psychoanalysis, and political philosophy. Recent publications include Defending Ideals: War, Democracy, and Political Struggles (2004), Just Cause: Freedom, Identity, and Rights (2000), Between Women and Generations: Legacies of Dignity (2002), Beyond Accomodation: Ethical Feminism, Deconstruction and the Law (1991, new edition 1999), and At the Heart of Freedom: Feminism, Sex, and Equality (1998). She is currently working on two books: one about the future of freedom, equality, and global development; another about the future of critical theory.