| SESSION I: FRIDAY, 23 OCTOBER, 9:30 - 11:30 AM |
A. Global Justice and Injustice |
Chair:
Mara Marin |
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Social Sciences |
University of Chicago |
| Michael Goodhart | "Taking Responsibility for Poverty" | Political Science | University of Pittsburgh |
| Craig French | "Critical Theory and the Problem of Global Justice" | Government | Georgetown University |
| T. J. Donahue | "The Global Basic Structure and Global Dark Subjugation" | Ethics, Politics, and Economics | Yale University |
Discussant:
Lisa Ellis | | Political Science |
Texas A&M University |
| B. Deliberation in Practice |
Chair:
Alisa Rosenthal |
| Political Science |
Gustavus Adolphus College |
| Paul Gowder |
"Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too: Deliberation, Participation, Tolerance and Fear" | Political Science |
Stanford University |
| Roudy Hildreth |
"Word and Deed: A Deweyan Reconstruction of the Participatory/Deliberative Divide" | Political Science |
Southern Illinois University |
| Michael E. Morrell |
"Throwing Grandma under the Bus: Obama and the Role of Empathy in Democratic Deliberation" | Political Science |
University of Connecticut |
Discussant:
Jeanne Morefield |
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Political Science |
Reed College |
| C. Political Interpretations of Religion
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Chair:
Matthew Waggoner | | Philosophy |
Albertus Magnus College |
| Jennie Choi Ikuta |
"Do Motives Matter? Thoughts on Bayle's Thoughts" |
Political Science |
Brown University |
| Christie L. Maloyed |
"Public Religion and Civic Virtue in the Political Thought of Franklin and Paine" | Political Science |
Texas A&M University |
| Stuart A. MacNiven |
"Rousseau's Notion of the Soul and Today's Religious Wars" |
CivWorld |
Demos |
| Bettina Koch |
"Exploiting Heresy or Apostasy for Political Ends? Accusations of Heresy and Apostasy as (Political) Instrument in Contemporary and Medieval Islam" |
Political Science |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
Discussant:
Gordon Babst | | Political Science |
Chapman University |
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| SESSION II: FRIDAY, 23 OCTOBER, 1:00 - 3:00 PM |
| A. State and Identity
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Chair:
Kristy King | | Politics |
Whitman College |
Clarissa Rile Hayward &
Ron Watson |
"Against Recognition: Identity Politics and Democratic Non-Domination" | Political Science
Political Science |
Washington University
Washington University |
| David L. Rice |
"Love of Country, Nation, or State? Simone Weil’s ‘New Conception of Patriotism’" |
Political Science |
Duke University |
Anna Stilz &
Reidar Maliks | "The Idea of the Organic State" | Politics
Politics and International Relations | Princeton University
Oxford University |
| Kathleen Arnold |
"Human Rights and Statelessness: The Right to Rights?" |
Political Science |
University of Texas at San Antonio |
Discussant:
Tamara Metz | |
Political Science |
Reed College |
| B. Limits to Market Reasoning
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Chair:
Edward J. Harpham |
| Political Science |
University of Texas at Dallas |
| Eric MacGilvray |
"The Invention of Market Freedom" | Political Science |
Ohio State University |
| Jeffrey J. Langan |
"The Limits of Economics" |
Liberal Studies |
Holy Cross College at Notre Dame |
| Daniel Engster |
"How to Succeed in Business and Still Care about People: Market Competition within the Limits of Care Ethics" |
Political Science |
University of Texas at San Antonio |
| David Ciepley |
"Political Theory and the Corporation" | Political Science |
University of Denver |
Discussant:
Amit Ron | | Social and Behavioral Sciences |
Arizona State University |
| C. Language, Aesthetics, and Politics
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Chair:
Joshua Foa Dienstag |
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Political Science |
University of California, Los Angeles |
| Ian N. Storey |
"The Democracy of Taste: A Defense of Kantian Judgment" |
Political Science and Social Sciences |
University of Chicago |
| Mihaela Czobor-Lupp |
"Aesthetic Craving and the Politics of Intercultural Understanding" |
Government |
Georgetown University |
| Martín Plot |
"Our Element: Language and Democracy in Merleau-Ponty's Political Thought" | Aesthetics & Politics |
California Institute of the Arts |
| Samantha R. Hill |
"Melancholy and Moving Forward" |
Political Science |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Discussant:
Isis Leslie | | Honors College |
Texas Tech University |
| D. Echoes of the French Revolution
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Chair:
John F. Burke | | Political Science |
University of St. Thomas (Texas) |
| Alex Schulman |
"Reflections on the (Other) Revolution in France: Marx and Tocqueville on the Ironies of 1848" | Political Science |
Harvard University |
| George Ciccariello-Maher |
"Black Anti-Jacobins? Comparative Political Theory in Sorel, James, and Fanon" | Political Science |
University of California, Berkeley |
| Geneviève Rousselière |
"Freedom, Labor and the Republic: Tocqueville and Blanc on the Potentialities of Republican Freedom" |
Politics |
Princeton University |
Discussant:
Dustin Howes | | Political Science |
Louisiana State University |
| E. Sovereignty and Law
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Chair:
Aspen Brinton | | Political Science |
Northwestern University |
| Mark Brouwer |
"Pessimistic Providentialism: Carl Schmitt and the Sociology of the Concept of Sovereignty" | Philosophy and Religion |
Wabash College |
Antoni Abad I Ninet
James Monserrat Molas*
*not attending |
"From Popular to Constitutional Sovereignty?" |
School of Law
Practical Theory and Philosophy |
Stanford University
University of Barcelona |
| Douglas C. Dow |
"The Concept of the Unitary Executive and Contemporary American Political Discourse" | Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences |
University of Texas at Dallas |
Discussant:
Jeffrey Minson | | |
University of California, San Diego |
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| SESSION III: FRIDAY, 23 OCTOBER, 3:15 - 5:15 PM |
| A. Value Pluralism
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Chair:
Carmen Pavel | | Political Philosophy, Policy, and Law |
University of Virginia |
| Alexander Moon |
"Political Liberalism and the Puzzle of Reasonable Disagreement" | Politics |
Ithaca College |
| Jonathan G. Allen |
"Is Moral Universalism Ethnocentric? A Value-Pluralist Account" | Political Science and Public Administration |
Northern Michigan University |
| Mathias Thaler |
"From Public Reason to Reasonable Accommodation: Negotiating the Place of Religion in the Public Sphere" |
Estudos Sociais |
Universidade de Coimbra |
| Victor M. Muniz-Fraticelli |
"The Distinctness of Pluralist Arguments" | Political Science and Law |
McGill University |
Discussant:
Darren Walhof | | Political Science |
Grand Valley State University |
| B. The Limits of Self-Reliance
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Chair:
Bryant (Tip) Ragan | | History |
Colorado College |
| Julie Rose |
"Pufendorf on Personal Responsibility: Why Charity Is Not a Perfect Right or Duty" | Politics |
Princeton University |
| Matthew Voorhees |
"Imitating Jesus and Socrates: Humility, Self-Help, and Democratic Leadership in American Political Thought" | Political Science |
Hartwick College |
| Edward J. Harpham |
"Adam Smith's Lost World of Gratitude" | Political Science |
University of Texas at Dallas |
| Emily C. Nacol |
"Commerce and the Moralization of Politics in Mandeville's Political Thought: The Case of Prostitution" | Political Science |
Vanderbilt University |
Discussant:
Howard Lubert | | Political Science |
James Madison University |
| C. Race, Identity, and Power
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Chair:
George Shulman | | Gallatin School of Individualized Study |
New York University |
| Judy Rohrer |
"Kamehameha Schools v. Normative Haole Legal Subjectivity: Colorblind Ideology, Cultural Practice, and the Racialization of Hawaiians" | Women's Studies |
Texas Woman's University |
| Keisha N. Lindsay |
"Intersectionality and Identity Politics: A Reassessment" | Political Science |
University of Chicago |
| Paul Gomberg |
"Racial Injustice When the Boss Is Black" | Philosophy |
Chicago State University |
Discussant:
Jane Gordon | | Political Science |
Temple University |
| D. Perspectives on Political Theorizing
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Chair:
Emily Hauptmann | | Political Science |
Western Michigan University |
| Avery E. Plaw |
"The Anatomy of Political Theory: A Typology Based on Narrative Structure" | Political Science |
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth |
| Gerard Drosterij |
"The Distinctiveness of Politics: Political Theory as a Third-Order Construction" |
Politics and Public Administration |
Faculty of Law, Tilburg University |
| Christopher C. Robinson |
"Theorizing Politics through Literature: The Novel Trilogy of Albert Camus" |
Humanities and Social Sciences |
Clarkson University |
| Christian Phillip Sorace |
"Elisions of Violence: Honig's Reading of Nietzsche and the Limits of Agonistic Democratic Theory" | Government |
University of Texas |
Discussant:
Edward Portis |
| Political Science |
Texas A&M University |
| E. Transitions in Government and Law
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Chair:
Dennis McEnnerney |
|
Philosophy |
Colorado College |
| Simon Cabulea May |
"Transitional Pacts and the Ideal Theory of Legitimacy" |
Philosophy |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Colleen Murphy |
"Law, Transitional Justice, and Moral Agency" | Philosophy |
Texas A&M University |
| Mihaela Mihai |
"Transitional Justice and the Quest for Democracy:
A Contribution to a Political Theory of Democratic Transformations" | Political Science |
University of Toronto |
| Delia A. Popescu |
"State and Felon: Individual Culpability as State Policy in Communist Romania" | Political Science |
LeMoyne College |
Discussant:
Cindy Holder | | Philosophy |
University of Victoria |
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| PLENARY SESSION I: FRIDAY, 23 OCTOBER, 5:30 - 7:00 PM |
| Topic: Inquiry and Engagement in Political Theory |
Moderator:
Maurice Meilleur | | |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Susan Bickford |
| Political Science |
University of North Carolina |
| Joan Cocks |
| Politics/Critical Social Thought |
Mount Holyoke College |
| Romand Coles |
| Community, Culture, & Environment |
Northern Arizona University |
| Peter Steinberger |
| Political Science |
Reed College |
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| PLENARY SESSION II: SATURDAY, 24, OCTOBER, 8:00 - 9:15 AM |
| Topic: What's So Liberating about the Liberal Arts? (Breakfast Session) |
Moderator:
Susan Bickford |
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Political Science |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Steven Salkever |
| Political Science |
Bryn Mawr College |
| Andrew R. Murphy |
| Political Science |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
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| SESSION IV: SATURDAY, 24, OCTOBER, 9:30 - 11:30 AM |
| A. Membership and Exclusion
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Chair:
Dwight Allman | | Political Science |
Baylor University |
| Demetra Kasimis |
"Origins and Originality in Euripides' Ion" | Political Science |
Northwestern University |
| Daniel R. Brunstetter |
"The Immigrant Contract: French Republicanism and the Contrat d'Accueil et d'Integration" | Political Science |
University of California, Irvine |
| Diego A. von Vacano |
"Immigrant Identity in a Cosmopolitan World" | Political Science |
Texas A&M University |
| Paulina Ochoa Espejo |
"Are Border Fences Justified? Spatial Borders and Moral Boundaries of the Democratic People" | Political Science |
Yale University |
Discussant:
Mark Rigstad | | Philosophy |
Oakland University |
| B. The Intersection of Politics and Religion
|
Chair:
James Rocha | | Philosophy |
Louisiana State University |
| Ann C. Davies |
“Filling the Void: Moments of Silence in Illinois Classrooms” |
Political Science |
Beloit College |
| Karin A. Fry |
“A More Inclusive Secularism” |
Philosophy |
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
| Darren Walhof |
"Beyond Belief: The Mutual Constitution of Religion and Politics" |
Political Science |
Grand Valley State University |
| Mina Suk |
"Liberalism and the Sacred Body" |
Political Science |
Johns Hopkins University |
Discussant:
Andrew R. Murphy |
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Political Science |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
| C. The Means and Ends of Governing
|
Chair:
Philip Michelbach | | Political Science |
West Virginia University |
| Ed Wingenbach |
"Agonistic Democracy and the Question of Institutions" | Government |
University of Redlands |
| Peter Stone |
"Lotteries, Education, and Opportunity" | Political Science |
Stanford University |
| Steven Daskal |
"Libertarianism Left and Right, the Lockean Proviso, and the Reformed Welfare State" | Philosophy |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| James E. Crimmins |
"The Structure of Utilitarian Theory: Operationalising the Utility Principle" | Political Science |
Huron University College |
Discussant:
Andrew Rehfeld | | Political Science |
Washington University in St. Louis |
| D. Intersections: Ancient to Postmodern
|
Chair:
Tamara Metz |
|
Political Science |
Reed College |
| Peter Josephson |
"Locke and Aristotle: Pleasure, Pain, and Political Philosophy" |
Politics |
Saint Anselm College |
| William Clare Roberts |
"Leo Strauss's Postmodern Aristotle" | Philosophy and Political Science |
McGill University |
| Hollie Sue Mann |
"Aristotle, Politics, and the Work of Care" |
Political Science |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Discussant:
David L. Williams | | Political Science |
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
|
| SESSION V: SATURDAY, 24, OCTOBER, 1:30 - 3:30 PM |
| A. Readings of Renaissance Thought
|
Chair:
Craig Hanks | |
Philosophy |
Texas State University |
| James T. Fetter |
"Machiavelli's Magnanimous Prince: Cesare Borgia and the Modernization of an Ancient Virtue" | Political Science |
University of Notre Dame |
| Brian Harding |
"Machiavelli's Politics and Critical Theory of Technology" | Psychology and Philosophy |
Texas Woman's University |
Discussant:
Gary Remer | | Political Science |
Tulane University |
| B. Democratic Concepts and Conditions
|
Chair:
Peter Stone | | Political Science |
Stanford University |
| Dustin Ells Howes |
"Freedom and Violence" |
Political Science |
Louisiana State University |
| Todd Hedrick |
"Implications of the Frankfurt School’s Authoritarian State Thesis for the
Theory of Democracy" |
Philosophy |
Michigan State University |
| Joel Winkelman |
"A Working Democracy: Jane Addams and the Politics of Work" |
Political Science |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Nora Hanagan |
"Self-Reliance in the Age of Industrial Democracy: Jane Addams on Romantic Individualism" |
Political Science |
Duke University |
Discussant:
Derek Barker | | |
Kettering Foundation |
| C. Critical Standards
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Chair:
Joel Schlosser | |
Political Science |
Duke University |
| Dan Sabia |
"Immanent Criticism/Immanent Critique" | Political Science |
University of South Carolina |
| Alisa Kessel |
"The Crisis of Authority" |
Politics and Government |
University of Puget Sound |
| John Randolph LeBlanc |
"Between Persuasion and Conversion: The 'Democratic' in Edward Said's Political Theory" |
Political Science |
University of Texas at Tyler |
| Naomi Choi |
"Arguing for Strong Evaluation: Must Human Agency be Moral?" | Political Science |
University of California, Berkeley |
Discussant:
Ed Wingenbach | | Government |
University of Redlands |
| D. Time, Decline, and Memory
|
Chair:
David Lay Williams | | Political Science |
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point |
| Mabel Wong |
"Surviving Time: Distinguishing Temporality from History in Rousseau's Political Thought" | Political Science |
Johns Hopkins University |
| Joseph H. Lane |
"Declining from the Ideal Form: Notes on Political Evolution in Rousseau's Second Discourse and Plato's Republic (VIII-IX)" | Political Science |
Emory & Henry College |
| Brian A. Smith |
"Recognizing Providence: Tocqueville on Equality, Memory, and Decline" | |
Montclair State University |
| Drew Kennedy Thompson |
"Wendell Berry and the Politics of Homecoming: Place, Memory and Time in Jayber Crow" | Political Science |
Louisiana State University |
Discussant:
Joshua Foa Dienstag | | Political Science |
University of California, Los Angeles |
|
| SESSION VI: SATURDAY, 24, OCTOBER, 3:45 - 5:45 PM |
| A. Power and Bodies
|
Chair:
Dana Stauffer | | Government |
University of Texas at Austin |
Erin Taylor &
Lora Ebert Wallace*
*not attending |
"For Shame: Feminism, Breastfeeding Advocacy, and Maternal Guilt" | Political Science
Sociology |
Western Illinois University
Western Illinois University |
| Dorothy Kwek |
"Power as Affect: A Spinozist Concept" | Political Science |
Johns Hopkins University |
| Paula Louise Olearnik |
"Biotechnology and the Politics of Perfection" |
Political Theory |
Georgetown University |
| Hrvoje Cvijanovic |
"Carnal Enlightenment: The Myth of Enlightened Reason and Two Carnal Conceptions of the State" |
Political Science |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Discussant:
Judith Baer | | Political Science |
Texas A&M University |
| B. Order and Dissent
|
Chair:
Matthew Voorhees | | Political Science |
Hartwick College |
| Monicka Patterson-Tutschka |
"Honoring the King: Constituting An Active Christian Subject in Early Modernity" |
Government |
California State University, Sacramento |
| Alison McQueen |
"Feigning the World To Be Annihilated: Thomas Hobbes and the Apocalyptic Imaginary" | Government |
Cornell University |
| Andrew R. Murphy |
"Roger Williams and William Penn: Theory and Practice at the Origins of 'American' Political Thought" |
Political Science |
Rutgers University |
| Robert W.T. Martin |
"‘Secret Plodders’: Anti-Federalism, Anonymity, and the Struggle for Democratic Dissent" |
Government |
Hamilton College |
Discussant:
Dwight Allman | | Political Science |
Baylor University |
| C. Narratives of Political Community
|
Chair:
Burke Hendrix | | Political Science |
Cornell University |
| Edward Erikson |
"The Spatiality of Founding" |
Political Science |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Isis Leslie |
"Romanticism and Inclusion" |
Honors College |
Texas Tech University |
| David McIvor |
"‘A Splintering and Shattering Activity’: The Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Democratic Work of Mourning" |
Political Science |
Duke University |
Discussant:
Joseph Lane | | Political Science |
Emory and Henry College |
| D. Institutions against Global Inequality
|
Chair:
Anand Commisiong |
|
Political Science |
West Texas A&M University |
| Antony Lyon |
"Forms of Nongovernmental Representation in Global Politics" |
Political Science |
University of California, San Diego |
| Craig Borowiak |
"Theorizing Solidarity Economy Movements" |
Political Science |
Haverford College |
| Barbara Buckinx |
"NGOs and Power" |
Political Theory Project, Political Science |
Brown University |
| Mónica Judith Sánchez-Flores |
"Reconsidering the Principles of Cosmopolitanism;
or the Human Species Needs a Tale of Its Own" |
History |
Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas |
Discussant:
Mark Brown |
|
Government |
California State University, Sacramento |
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| PLENARY SESSION III: SATURDAY, 24, OCTOBER, 6:00 - 7:30 PM |
| Topic: What Good Is Innocence? Billy Budd in The Bacchae |
Moderator:
Elizabeth Markovits | | Political Science |
Mount Holyoke College |
| J. Peter Euben |
|
Political Science |
Duke University |