Colin Mooers
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Colin Mooers (born July 21, 1954) is a Canadian political theorist, author, and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University). His work focuses on Marxist theory, imperialism, citizenship, and the political economy of capitalism. He is best known for his books The Making of Bourgeois Europe (1991), The New Imperialists: Ideologies of Empire (2006), and Imperial Subjects: Citizenship in an Age of Crisis and Empire (2014).[1]
Mooers was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick where he attended high school and completed his first two years of university at the University of New Brunswick.[2]
Mooers completed a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Philosophy at the University of Ottawa, followed by a Master of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Toronto. He completed his PhD in Social and Political Thought at York University in Canada.[3]
Academic career
Mooers joined the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University in 1987, where he served as Chair from 2001 to 2006 and as Interim Chair in 2011–2012. He was also affiliated with the York-Ryerson Joint Graduate Program in Communication and Culture, serving as Graduate Director for Ryerson's MA and PhD programs from 2006 to 2011. He retired from university teaching in 2019.[4][5]
