2006-2007 Political Theory Workshop

Winter Quarter Schedule

All Workshops are held Mondays, 12-1:20pm, in Pick Hall 506, unless otherwise noted.

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January 8

Anita Chari, Political Science, University of Chicago

“Critique of Reification without a Critique of Fetishism?

Habermas, Honneth and the Aims of Critical Theory”

Discussant: JJ McFadden

January 15

Martin Luther King Day: No Session

January 22

Nomi Claire Lazar, Society of Fellows, University of Chicago

“Owning Political Violence”

Discussant: John Dobard

January 29

Ewa Atanassow, Social Thought, University of Chicago

“Tocqueville on National Pride”

Discussant: Chris Meckstroth

February 5

Nancy Luxon, Society of Fellows, University of Chicago

“The Psychological Dynamics of

Personal Obligation and Political Authority”

Discussant: Leigh Jenco

February 12

Eileen Hunt Botting, Political Science, University of Notre Dame

“Protofeminist Responses to the

Federalist-Antifederalist Debate”

Discussant: Ainsley LeSure

February 19

David Dyzenhaus, Law, University of Toronto

“State of Exception”

Discussant: Ian Storey

February 26

Edwige Kacenelenbogen, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris

“Liberal Nationalism and the

Neoliberal Concept of the Spontaneous Order”

Discussant: Jonny Thakkar

March 5

Maeve Cooke, School of Philosophy, University College Dublin

“Realism versus Constructivism in Critical Social Theory”

Discussant: Loren Goldman

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.

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