Where did Newton earn his PhD in social philosophy?
Harvard University
Yale University
University of California at Santa Cruz's History of Consciousness program
Stanford University
Answer
Newton earned his PhD in social philosophy from the University of California at Santa Cruz's History of Consciousness program. He was a student of philosopher and cultural theorist Fredric Jameson. His dissertation was titled "The Politics of Representation: The Social Construction of the New Left."
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