Political Theory

    Faculty research interests cover a range of topics in the history of political thought and contemporary political theory. Historical topics include Rousseau, histories of concepts, and modern liberalism. Research in contemporary political theory includes: autonomy and freedom; rights and obligations; citizenship, civic virtues, and the idea of the common good; various issues in democratic political theory (with particular attention to education); aspects of political and legal theory regarding corporate personality; conceptions of self in various cultures; analysis of the myths in aboriginal societies (particularly Native Americans); punishment; justice; community; language and politics; social ecology; and peace and nonviolence.

Terence Ball
W. Jackson Crittenden
Richard Dagger
Avital Simhony