2007-2008 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 14

Sally Haslanger, Philosophy, MIT

“Social Categories, Social Structure and Ideology Critique”

Discussant: J.J. McFadden

January 21

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

January 28

Joe Fischel, Political Science, University of Chicago

“Drawing the Line on ‘Drawing the Line’:

Foucauldian Pleasure, Feminist Pain, and the Pedophilic Limit”

Discussant: Samuel Galloway

February 4

Paul Cheney, History, University of Chicago

“Barnave, L’affaire des Colonies and the Constitutional Monarchy”

Discussant: Tyson Leuchter

February 11

Andrew Dilts, Political Science, University of Chicago

“Michel Foucault meets Gary Becker:

Criminality beyond Discipline and Punish”

Discussant: Nick Smith

February 18

Frederick Neuhouser, Philosophy, Barnard College

“Rousseau on the Conflict between ‘Human’ and ‘Civic’ Education”

Discussant: Dasha Polzik

February 25

Christopher Buck, Political Science,University of Chicago

“The Nature of Marx’s Critique of Political Economy”

Discussant: Monica Lee

March 3

Mara Marin, Political Science, University of Chicago

“Work as Commitment”

Discussant: J.T. Scarry

March 10

David Bholat, Anthropology, University of Chicago

“Against Freedom and Equality”

Discussant: Jason Rosensweig

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 Ian Storey, student coordinator, at ins@uchicago.edu. Persons with a disability or in need of assistance should contact the coordinator in advance, at that address.

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