Max Pensky

1.6k total citations
29 papers, 379 citations indexed

About

Max Pensky is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Max Pensky has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 379 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 6 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Max Pensky's work include Critical Theory and Philosophy (8 papers), International Law and Human Rights (4 papers) and Torture, Ethics, and Law (3 papers). Max Pensky is often cited by papers focused on Critical Theory and Philosophy (8 papers), International Law and Human Rights (4 papers) and Torture, Ethics, and Law (3 papers). Max Pensky collaborates with scholars based in United States and Brazil. Max Pensky's co-authors include Jürgen Habermas, Ciaran Cronin, John Torpey, Peter E. Gordon, Daniel Lévy, Axel Honneth, Romand Coles, Stanley Hoffmann, Tracy B. Strong and Mark E. Warren and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, City and Constellations.

In The Last Decade

Max Pensky

24 papers receiving 300 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Max Pensky United States 12 218 197 57 22 22 29 379
Corey Robin United States 7 218 1.0× 150 0.8× 47 0.8× 30 1.4× 22 1.0× 16 384
Vittorio Bufacchi Ireland 9 208 1.0× 134 0.7× 82 1.4× 25 1.1× 13 0.6× 38 323
Hauke Brunkhorst Germany 11 266 1.2× 267 1.4× 85 1.5× 12 0.5× 16 0.7× 97 499
Elizabeth Dauphinée Canada 8 263 1.2× 121 0.6× 28 0.5× 31 1.4× 9 0.4× 17 369
Deepa Kumar United States 8 326 1.5× 157 0.8× 62 1.1× 16 0.7× 29 1.3× 20 490
Marcel Hénaff United States 9 151 0.7× 67 0.3× 48 0.8× 16 0.7× 19 0.9× 48 326
Patchen Markell United States 9 307 1.4× 329 1.7× 103 1.8× 15 0.7× 12 0.5× 20 503
Sergei Prozorov Finland 15 398 1.8× 299 1.5× 72 1.3× 25 1.1× 8 0.4× 61 587
Lawrence Hamilton South Africa 7 181 0.8× 182 0.9× 62 1.1× 7 0.3× 11 0.5× 30 363
Kenneth Minogue United Kingdom 9 160 0.7× 128 0.6× 81 1.4× 14 0.6× 16 0.7× 42 345

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Fields of papers citing papers by Max Pensky

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Max Pensky

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pensky, Max. (2021). Natural History and Aesthetic Truth inAesthetic Theory. New German Critique. 48(2). 23–41.
2.
Gordon, Peter E., et al.. (2018). Authoritarianism. 26 indexed citations
3.
Brown, Wendy, Peter E. Gordon, & Max Pensky. (2018). Authoritarianism: Three Inquiries in Critical Theory. 3 indexed citations
4.
Pensky, Max. (2016). Two cheers for the impunity norm. Philosophy & Social Criticism. 42(4-5). 487–499. 3 indexed citations
5.
Fultner, Barbara, Max Pensky, Melissa Yates, et al.. (2011). Jürgen Habermas. 10 indexed citations
6.
Pensky, Max. (2009). The Ends of Solidarity. State University of New York Press eBooks.
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Pensky, Max. (2009). The Ends of Solidarity. SUNY Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Pensky, Max. (2008). Amnesty on trial: impunity, accountability, and the norms of international law. Ethics & Global Politics. 1. 1–40. 19 indexed citations
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Pensky, Max. (2008). Amnesty on trial: impunity, accountability, and the norms of international law. Ethics & Global Politics. 1(1-2). 1–40. 24 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Stanley, et al.. (2005). Old Europe, New Europe, Core Europe: Transatlantic Relations after the Iraq War. Foreign Affairs. 84(6). 145–145. 23 indexed citations
11.
Pensky, Max. (2005). Memory, catastrophe, destruction. City. 9(2). 205–214. 4 indexed citations
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Lévy, Daniel, Max Pensky, John Torpey, & Jürgen Habermas. (2005). Old Europe, New Europe, Core Europe: Transatlantic Relations After the Iraq War. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 38 indexed citations
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Pensky, Max. (2004). Comments on Seyla Benhabib, The Claims of Culture. Constellations. 11(2). 258–265. 2 indexed citations
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Pensky, Max. (2003). Beyond the Message in a Bottle: The Other Critical Theory. Constellations. 10(1). 135–144. 3 indexed citations
15.
Pensky, Max. (1997). The actuality of Adorno : critical essays on Adorno and the postmodern. State University of New York Press eBooks. 11 indexed citations
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Habermas, Jürgen & Max Pensky. (1997). ""On the Public Use of History: Why a" Democracy Prize" for Daniel Goldhagen?. 1 indexed citations
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Pensky, Max, et al.. (1996). Melancholy Dialectics: Walter Benjamin and the Play of Mourning. The German Quarterly. 69(3). 335–335. 14 indexed citations
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White, Stephen K., Romand Coles, Nancy S. Love, et al.. (1995). The Cambridge Companion to Habermas. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 58 indexed citations
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Habermas, Jürgen, et al.. (1994). The past as future = Vergangenheit als Zukunft. University of Nebraska Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Pensky, Max. (1989). on the use and abuse of memory: habermas, "anamnestic solidarity," and the historikerstreit. Philosophy & Social Criticism. 15(4). 351–380. 12 indexed citations

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