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.