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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY

The Department of Political Science is strongly committed to the field of political philosophy. The graduate program in political philosophy at Indiana University offers a broad range of courses on the nature and role of political philosophy. Our department has great strengths in modern and contemporary political philosophy, especially in the areas of democratic theory, liberalism, Continental and American political thought. We emphasize how political philosophy can contribute to the study of important contemporary issues such as modernization, globalization, democratic consolidation, civic engagement, globalization, terrorism and the rule of law. Our program also hosts a Political Theory Luncheon which meets on a regular basis and provides excellent opportunities for graduate students to meet with guest speakers who are invited to give a lecture or to present a research work in progress.

There are seven full-time faculty in the Department of Political Science currently teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in political philosophy. Moreover, our graduate students can also take courses with affiliated faculty from other departments and the Law School. Among them, Marcia Baron, Kevin Toh, and Michael Morgan (Philosophy), William Rasch (Germanic Studies), Guillaume Ansart (French and Italian), Richard Miller (Religious Studies), Robert Ivie and Jonathan Simons (Communication and Culture), Dror Wahrman (History), Susan and David Williams (Law School) The interdisciplinary richness of our program is reflected by the presence on campus of many important research centers and institutes such as the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, the Center for the Study of Democracy, the Russian and East European Institute, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Medieval Studies Institute, and the Eighteenth-Century Institute. In November 2006, our department hosted the Third Annual Meeting of the Association of Political Theory.

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Last updated, October 25, 2005