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I hold a PhD in Political Science from the University of Toronto, as well as a BA in Philosophy and an MA in Political Science and Government from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP).
My research focuses on Latin American decolonial thought, critical theory, Hegel's social and political philosophy, and global histories of modern political thought.
I am also a member of the Grupo de Investigación sobre la Actualidad del Pensamiento de Hegel at PUCP.
My research examines modernity, coloniality, and their contradictions from a global perspective, bringing Latin American decolonial thought into dialogue with Western traditions of social and political critique. My current projects pursue this dialogue through a reconstruction of decolonial thought, particularly Aníbal Quijano’s social ontology of coloniality and Arturo Escobar’s theory of the pluriverse; an engagement with Rahel Jaeggi’s critique of forms of life; and a critical examination of G. W. F. Hegel’s philosophy concerning colonialism, state expansion, and world history. I also investigate the implications of decolonial thought for understanding the contemporary liberal international order.
Luna Jacobs, Daniel. “A Ch’ixi Philosophy of History: Rivera Cusicanqui After Benjamin.” Constellations: An International Journal of Critical and Democratic Theory (2026).
Luna Jacobs, Daniel. “Ch’ixi and Visual Sociology as GNT? Contributions and Challenges.” The Oxford Handbook of Grounded and Engaged Normative Theory, Oxford University Press (2026).
Luna Jacobs, Daniel. Review of Lectures on the Philosophy of Right, 1819–1820, by G. W. F. Hegel, translated by Alan Brudner. Canadian Journal of Political Science (2026).
Luna Jacobs, Daniel. “Reclaiming Ontology for Decoloniality: A Critical Realist Critique of Mignolo’s Meta-Theoretical Priority of Epistemology.” Journal of Critical Realism (2025).
Luna Jacobs, Daniel. “Hegel and the Ethical Moment of the Pandemic.” The Owl of Minerva: The Journal of the Hegel Society of America (2024).
Contact Info:
Office location: DAWB 4-119
Office hours: By appointment.
Languages spoken: English, Spanish