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Michael Sandel – The Art of Theory Interview
Michael J. Sandel is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, and is one of the most influential political theorists of our time. Jonathan Bruno and Jason Swadley...
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Strauss’s Rousseau and the Second Wave of Modernity – Steven B. Smith
Leo Strauss’s Rousseau chapter in Natural Right and History is perhaps the most neglected aspect of the book.1 This is surprising because Strauss himself paid Rousseau the considerable compliment of...
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On Political Theology – Paul Kahn
We do not ordinarily associate political theology or Carl Schmitt with freedom. Indeed, we are more likely to think that liberal political theory focuses on freedom, while political theology focuses on...
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Danielle Allen: The Art of Theory Interview
Danielle Allen is a political theorist at Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Studies and one of our most important contemporary writers in democratic theory. Her work integrates a deep understanding of...
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Justice as Universal Charity – Patrick Riley
I: Iustitia Caritas Sapientis It is worthwhile to try to recover a tradition of thinking about justice which, since the eighteenth century, has largely disappeared from view: the tradition which...
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The Ethics of Voting
By Jason Brennan I. Good Intentions Aren’t Enough Betty Benevolence wants to save the world. Yet she has crazy ideas about how to do it. When she sees a starving child, she steals his remaining food....
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Quentin Skinner on Meaning and Method
Quentin Skinner is the Barber Beaumont Professor of the Humanities at Queen Mary, University College London. He is the author of numerous books and articles on early modern political thought and is a...
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Quentin Skinner in Context
Quentin Skinner is the Barber Beaumont Professor of the Humanities at Queen Mary, University College London. He is the author of numerous books and articles on early modern political thought and is a...
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Josiah Ober: The Art of Theory Interview
[Editor's Note: This interview marks an exciting moment for The Art of Theory. Click here to see how we're improving.] Josiah Ober is a classicist and political theorist at Stanford University, and...
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From the Editors: Notes on an Improved Format
Dear friends, The Art of Theory is an experiment, and like all experiments, it evolves. Last year we launched The Art of Theory as a journal of short articles and interviews. Since then we’ve been...
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Michael Walzer: The Art of Theory Interview
Michael Walzer is Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Advanced Studies and one of the most cited political theorists of our time. We sat down with him in his Princeton office in late 2012 to discuss...
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Corey Brettschneider: The Art of Theory Interview
Corey Brettschneider is Professor of Political Science at Brown University. We spoke with him in late 2012 in his Providence office. Art of Theory: What initially sparked your interest in political...
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Elizabeth Anderson: The Art of Theory Interview
Elizabeth Anderson is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and John Dewey Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan. We spoke with her in late 2012 by...
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Bernard Yack: The Art of Theory
Bernard Yack is Lerman Neubauer Professor of Democracy and Public Policy at Brandeis University. We spoke with him in late 2012 in Cambridge, Massachusetts to discuss his work. Art of Theory: You have...
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A Farewell from the Editors
Dear Friends, The four interviews just published constitute the final installment of The Art of Theory. In 2010, we started The Art of Theory with the aim of establishing a new sort of online journal....
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