Ph.D. in Political Science, 2005
Dissertation: "Mimesis in Communicative Action: Habermas and the affective bond of understanding." dissertation abstract
"Best Dissertation in Political Science Award," 2006 by the Western Political Science Association
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M.A. in International Affairs, 1993
A.B. in Political Science, 1989
Mimesis and Reason: Habermas' Philosophy. SUNY Press, 2009 (all things being equal).
Enlightenment
The Mind of Modernity
The Political Theory of Human Rights
American Political Theory
Modern European Political Thought
Introduction to Political Values & Ideas
Early Modern Political Thought
American Political Theory
Modern Political Thought
Introduction to Political Theory
Democracy & the Public Sphere
Core Curriculum: Inventing America
Western Political Thought: Hobbes to Foucault
Western Political Thought: Plato to Machiavelli
Introduction to Politics
Core Studies 3: People, Power & Politics. syllabus01; syllabus02
Modern Political Thoughtsyllabus
Contemporary Political Thoughtsyllabus
Modern Political Thoughtsyllabus
"Aesthetic Individuality and Democratic Practice." American Political Science Association. Boston, MA: Sept. 2008.
"Time for Democracy, Potentially." Western Political Science Association. San Diego, CA: March 2008.
"The Feminization of Primitive Accumulation? Notes on Nancy Hartsock's reading of David Harvey's recent work." Western Political Science Association. Las Vegas, NV: March 2007.
"Neuropolitics and the Power of the Predisursive." Western Political Science Association. Albuquerque, NM: March 2006.
"The Experience of Communicative Action." American Political Science Association. Boston, MA: September 2002.
"The Mimetic Experience of Communicative Action." Western Political Science Association. Long Beach, CA: March 2002.
"J. Habermas and G.H. Mead: Mimesis and Communicative Action." Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, IL: April 2000; and, Conference on 'Action and Identity,' organized by the Department of Philosophy, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Stony Brook, NY: March 2000.
"Platonic Mimesis in Communicative Action." American Political Science Association. Atlanta, GA: September 1999.
"Politics in Possession: Plato, Kojeve, Levinas." Illinois Political Science Association. Elgin, IL: October 1997.
Today's Manifesto. In Pipe-up Issue #6, Fall 2004.
In the next village over. In Pipe-up (1:5) Summer, 2003.
Village. With illustrations by Anjali Grant. On view at Knitting Factory, June 12, 2003, and June 13-19 at KOAP Gallery, curated by Expace Projects. New York City.
Today's Manifesto. In Pipe-up (1:3) May 10, 2003.
Book review--T.C. Boyle, The Tortilla Curtain. In The Stranger (10:34) May 10, 2001.
Book review--Henri Bergson, Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic. In The Stranger (9:52) Sept.14, 2000.
"The Anxiety of Difficulty." In The Stranger Book Supplement (9:31) April 20, 2000.
Book review--J. Robert Janes, Salamander. In The Stranger (9:36) May 25, 2000.
Book review--Richard Rorty, Achieving Our Country. In The Stranger (9:31) April 20, 2000.
"Nation," "Coup d'état," "Kenneth Starr," and "Independent Counsel," in Microsoft's Encyclopedia Encarta 2000.
"The Sleeping City." In Arcade--The Journal of Architectural Design (co-authored with Anjali Grant). Summer 1999.
Book review--Lisa Lubasch, How Many More of Them are You? In The Stranger (9:4) October 14, 1999.
Book review--Penelope Fitzgerald, Human Voices. In The Stranger (8:45) July 29, 1999.
Book review--Fernando Pessoa, Always Astonished. In The Stranger (8:27) March 25, 1999.
Book review--Immanuel Wallerstein, Utopistics. In The Stranger Book Supplement (8:6) October 29, 1998.
"Coercion, Capital and the New World Chaos." Swords and Ploughshares, 1992.
American Political Science Association,
section: Foundations of Political Theory
Western Political Science Association
Association of Political Theory
Conference for the Study of Political Thought