2006-2007
Political Theory Workshop
All Workshops are held
Mondays,
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September 25
Neil Roberts,
“For Freedom out of Slavery: Rousseau”
Discussant: Andrew Dilts
Leigh Jenco,
“Self-Awareness as a Polity-Building
Device:
Zhang Shizhao on the Problems of Democratic Rule”
Discussant: Stephen Halsey
Victor Muniz-Fraticelli,
“The Problem of a Perpetual Constitution”
Discussant: Loren Goldman
October 23
Elizabeth Asmis,
Discussant: David Newstone
October 30
Claudia Leeb,
“The Adornian Non-Identical and the Lacanian Real:
Two Central Concepts for a
Feminist Political Theory”
Discussant: Chris Buck
November 6
Jacob Schiff,
“Disasters and the Limits of Thinking”
Discussant: Jennie Han
November 13
Saud Al-Zaid,
Towards Understanding Islamist Radicalization”
Discussant: Jennifer London
November 20
Ian Storey, Political
Science, University of Chicago
“Forgiveness and the Bounds of
Politics”
Discussant: Jacob Schiff
November 27
“Locke on Political Knowledge and Risk”
Discussant: Benjamin Lynerd
The Political
Theory Workshop is an interdisciplinary forum dedicated to all varieties of
political philosophy. Papers are available for photocopying in the Political
Science and Social Thought Lounges approximately one week prior to
presentation. Papers are also available on-line at http://ptw.uchicago.edu. To be placed on our mailing list,
contact Chris Buck, student coordinator, at cdb@uchicago.edu. Persons with a
disability or in need of assistance should contact the coordinator in advance,
at that address.