ASSOCIATION FOR POLITICAL THEORY CONFERENCE 2005
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
21-23 October 2004
DETAILED PROGRAM
| SESSION I: FRIDAY, 21 OCTOBER, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM | |||
| A. Rethinking American Narratives | |||
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Chair: Robert W. T. Martin |
Government | Hamilton College | |
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Teena Gabrielson & Kevin O'Halloran |
"Nature and Politics in Crevecoeur's Letters" | Political Science | Southwestern University |
| Jonathan O'Hara | "The Republic's Last Stand: Elite Republican visions of the American Bureaucratic State from Hamilton to the Gilded Age" | Political Science | University of Southern California |
| Howard L. Lubert | "Benjamin Franklin, the Neo-Liberal University, and the Education of Youth" | Political Science | James Madison University |
| James E. Block | "Beyond the Perpetual Contract: Emerson and American Liberal Theory" | Political Science | DePaul University |
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Discussants: Robert W. T. Martin & |
Government | Hamilton College | |
| Ann Davies | Political Science | Beloit College | |
| B. Practice and Methods in Political Theory (Roundtable Panel) | |||
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Moderators: |
Political Science | Bucknell University | |
| William Simmons | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Arizona State University - West | |
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Discussants: Eleanor Bright Fleming |
"Methodology of Standpoint Theorists: The Multi-Axis, Multi-Sited Method of Analysis" | Political Science | Vanderbilt University |
| William S. Lewis | "Althusser, Concrete Analysis, and Pragmatic Social Theory" | Philosophy and Religion | Skidmore College |
| Andrew Rehfeld | "Offensive Political Theory" | Political Science | Washington University in St. Louis |
| C. Identities, Communities, Borders | |||
| Chair: Andrew J. Seligsohn |
Political Science | Hartwick College | |
| Katy Arnold | "Ethnic, Racial, and Gender Antagonism in the Global Economy" | Political Science | University of Texas at San Antonio |
| Andrew F. Smith | "On the Value of Political Community" | Philosophy | State University of New York at Stony Brook |
| Andrew Valls | "Huntington on Mexican Immigration: A Critique" | Political Science | Oregon State University |
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Discussant: Johnny Goldfinger |
Political Science | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis | |
| D. Accouting for Time in Democracy | |||
| Chair: Gregory W. Streich |
Political Science | Central Missouri University | |
| Elisabeth Ellis | "Getting the Time Right: Temporal Perspectives and the Prospects for Deliberative Democracy" | Political Science | Texas A&M University |
| P. J. Brendese | "Remembering Democratic Temporality: Mexico's Ghosts, Derrida's Specters, and Democracy's Time" | Political Science | Pennsylvania State University |
| Amy L. Shuster | "Passing on Political Judgment: A History and Theory of Generational Politics in Democratic Thought" | Politics | Princeton University |
| Discussant: Thomas C. Conte |
Political Science | Maryville College | |
| SESSION II: FRIDAY, 21 OCTOBER, 1:30 - 3:30 PM | |||
| A. Problems of Nationality and Identity | |||
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Chair: Patrick McKinlay |
Political Science | Morningside College | |
| Adam Rosen | "Scandals of Sovereignty" | Philosophy | New School University |
| John Randolph LeBlanc | "Antecedent Justifications: Place-Claims and Hybridity" | Political Science | University of Texas at Tyler |
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Discussant: Jennet Kirkpatrick |
Political Science | University of Michigan | |
| B. Religious Conversations and the Limits of Pluralism | |||
| Chair: Beverley Gaddy |
Political Science | University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg | |
| Nathaniel Joseph Klemp | "Beyond God-Talk" | Politics | Princeton University |
| Christopher A. Callaway | "Religious versus Public Reasons" | Philosophy | Westmont College |
| Jeffrey P. Minson | "Metaphysical Atheism and Religious Cultural War: William Connelly's Ethos of Agonistic Civility" | Arts, Media and Culture | Griffith University |
| Joanne E. Tetlow | "Locke's Democratic Hermeneutics and Theology" | Politics | The Catholic University of America |
| Discussant: Darren R. Walhof |
Political Science | Grand Valley State University | |
| C. Drama, Resistance, and Political Theory | |||
| Chair: Anne Caldwell |
Political Science | University of Louisville | |
| Jeffrey C. Isaac | "Albert Camus on Tragedy and Political Rebellion" | Political Science | Indiana University, Bloomington |
| Margot Morgan | "Transcending Theatrical Space: Constructing a Brechtian Method of Political Practice" | Political Science | Rutgers University |
| D. Christopher Brooks | "Theatre of the People: Václav Havel and the Democratization of Political Philosophy" | Political Science | St. Olaf College |
Discussants: |
Political Science | University of Wisconsin - Madison | |
| D. Community and Capital, Social and Economic | |||
| Chair: Breena Holland |
Political Science & the Environmental Initiative | Lehigh University | |
| Steven Gerencser | "Is Corporate Citizenship Democratic Citizenship?" | Political Science | Indiana University South Bend |
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Gregory W. Streich |
"Democratizing Social Capital" (coauthor, Joseph D. Lewandowski, Philosophy, Charles University) |
Political Science |
Central Missouri University |
| Craig Hanks | "Politics, Aesthetics, and Cities" | Philosophy | Texas State University |
| Discussant: Jacinda Swanson |
Political Science | Western Michigan University | |
| SESSION III: FRIDAY, 21 OCTOBER, OCTOBER, 4 - 6 PM | |||
| A. Judgment and Action in Democratic Politics | |||
| Chair: Alisa Rosenthal |
Political Science | Gustavus Adolphus College | |
| Jeffrey Alan Johnson | "Infelicities, Institutions, and Campaign Pledges: Austin's Promises Made Political" | History and Government | Cameron University |
| Simona Goi | "In Praise of Self-Doubt: Arendtian Judgment in Democratic Theory" | Political Science | Calvin College |
| David W. McIvor | "Connolly and Wolin on Time, Democracy, and the Citizen" | Political Science | Duke University |
| Ben Berger | "Out of Darkness, Light: Arendt's Cautionary and Constructive Political Theories" | Political Science | Swarthmore College |
| Discussant: Patchen Markell |
Political Science | University of Chicago | |
| B. Natural Law Then and Now | |||
| Chair: Daniel Pellerin |
Political Science | University of California at Davis | |
| Quentin Taylor | "The Jurisprudence of John of Salisbury" | Political Science | Rogers State University |
| Nicholas Buccola | "Between Strauss & Shklar: Two Paths to Natural Law Liberalism" | Political Science | University of Southern California |
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Discussant: Cary J. Nederman |
Political Science | Texas A&M University | |
| C. Autonomy and Feminist Ethics | |||
| Chair: Marilyn Friedman |
Philosophy | Washington University in St. Louis | |
| Elizabeth Ben-Ishai | "Fostering Autonomy: A Harm Reduction Approach" | Political Science | University of Michigan |
| Jeffrey Stevenson Murer | "The Myth of Autonomy" | Political Science | Swarthmore College |
| Wynne W. Moskop | "Making Caring Just and Justice Caring: The Model of Friendship" | Political Science | Saint Louis University |
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Discussant: Anne Lopes |
Political Science | Metropolitan College of New York | |
| SESSION IV: SATURDAY, 22 OCTOBER, 8:45 - 10:45 AM | |||
| A. Debates in Deliberative Democracy | |||
| Chair: Thomas C. Conte |
Political Science | Maryville College | |
| Amit Ron | "Two Models of Deliberative Democracy" | Political Science | University of Michigan |
| Paul-Aarons Ngomo | "Two Conceptions of Radical Democracy: Deliberative Politics and the Limits of Agonistic Pluralism" | Politics | New York University |
| William R. Caspary | "A Conflict/Conflict-Resolution Model of Democracy" | Political Science | Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University |
| Gerard Drosterij | "Mind the Gap: Three Models of Democracy - One Missing, Two Political Paradigms, One Dwindling" | Philosophy | Delft University of Technology |
| Discussant: Cheryl Hall |
Government & International Affairs | University of South Florida | |
| B. Religion and the Grounds of Political Authority | |||
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Chair: Steven P. Millies |
History, Political Science, and Philosophy | University of South Carolina - Aiken | |
| Bettina Koch | "Sharia and Decalogue: Johannes Althusius and Ibn Khaldun on Religious Norms and the Conception of an Ideal State" | Political Science | University of Oldenburg |
| Isabelle V. Barker | "Engendering Charismatic Economies | International Studies | Bryn Mawr College |
| David J. Bobb | "The Politics of Pride: Augustine and Anti-Ideological Political Theology" | History and Political Science | Hillsdale College |
| Michaelle Browers | "Re-Imagining the Umma" | Political Science | Wake Forest University |
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Discussant: Gordon Babst |
Political Science | Chapman University | |
| C. Responding to Violence | |||
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Chair: Barbara Koziak |
Women's Studies & Government and Politics |
St. John's University | |
| Cynthia Halpern | "Theorizing Terror: The Politics of Life and Death and Politics of Good and Evil" | Political Science | Swarthmore College |
| Ari Kohen | "Religion and Restorative Justice: The Connection Between Forgiveness and Reconciliation" | Justice Studies | James Madison University |
| Craig T. Borowiak | "Citizen Tribunals and the Struggle for Democratic Accountability" | Political Science | Haverford College |
| Mark Rigstad | "Imagining Human Rights: A Pragmatic Approach" | Philosophy | Oakland University |
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Discussant: Bronwyn Leebaw |
Political Science | University of California, Riverside | |
| D. Early Modern Political Thought in Context | |||
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Chair: Bryant Ragan |
History | The Colorado College | |
| J. Henry Messinger | "The Foundation of Equality in Locke: An Alternative to Waldron" | American Studies | University of New Mexico |
| Denise E. Dutton | "Rousseau and Smith: Reconsiderations on the Nature and Consequences of Inequality" | Political Science | Missouri State University |
| Melissa Schwartzberg | "Rousseau and the Use of Qualified Majorities" | Political Science | The George Washington University |
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Discussant: Patrick Deneen |
Government | Georgetown University | |
| SESSION V: SATURDAY, 22 OCTOBER, 11:15 - 1:15 PM | |||
| A. Prospects for American Conservatism (Roundtable) | |||
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Chair: Daniel Pellerin |
Political Science | University of California at Davis | |
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Discussants: Steven P. Millies |
History, Political Science, and Philosophy | University of South Carolina - Aiken | |
| Augustus Dizerega, VI | Government | St. Lawrence University | |
| Russell Arben Fox | Political Science | Western Illinois University | |
| Ed Wingenbach | Political Science | University of Redlands | |
| B. The Limits of Liberalism | |||
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Chair: Emily Hauptmann |
Political Science | Western Michigan University | |
| William M. Curtis | "Liberalism and Pragmatic Modernity" | Political Science | Duke University |
| Peter Stone | "The Drafted Society" | Political Science | Stanford University |
| Eric S. Kos | "Idealism's Surprising Defense of Liberalism" | Political Science | Eastern Michigan University |
| Matthew S. Holland | "Realizing and Perpetuating Freedom: The Founders' Liberalism Reconsidered" | Political Science | Brigham Young University |
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Discussant: Timothy Fuller |
Political Science | The Colorado College | |
| C. Linguistic Politics | |||
| Chair: Eloise Buker |
Women's Studies & Political Science | St. Louis University | |
| Samuel A. Chambers | "The Excess of Words: Ranciere on Political Animals and Literary Animals" | Politics and International Relations | University of Wales Swansea |
| Ivan Ascher | "Translation as a Vocation: Max Weber and the Task of the Translator" | Political Science | University of California at Berkeley |
| Corey S. Abel | "Idealism and Liberalism in the Work of Michael Oakeshott" | Political Science | Metropolitan State College of Denver |
| Andrew Murphy | "Narrative and Politics: Inevitable Entanglements, Dangerous Possibilities" | Christ College | Valparaiso University |
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Discussant: Christian Dean |
Politics & International Studies | Dominican University of California | |
| D. The Practical Import of Utopianism | |||
| Chair: Johnny Goldfinger |
Political Science | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis | |
| Daniel Brudney | "No Small Plans: J. S. Mill and the Pursuit of Grand Ideals" | Philosophy | University of Chicago |
| Leslie Paul Thiele | "Utopian Justice and Practical Wisdom" | Political Science | University of Florida |
| Barbara Buckinx | "A Peaceful League or Global Democracy?" | Politics | Princeton University |
| Dan R. Sabia | "Ambition and Morality: Four Characters in Search of Political Morality" | Political Science | University of South Carolina |
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Discussant: Beverley Gaddy |
Political Science | University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg | |
| SESSION VI: SATURDAY, 22 OCTOBER, 2:45 - 4:45 PM | |||
| A. Theorizing Policy | |||
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Chair: Amitai Etzioni |
Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies | The George Washington University | |
| Pat Boling | "Thinking Theoretically about Contemporary Welfare States and Family Support Policies" | Political Science | Purdue University |
| Michelle M. Rodriguez | "Progress and Reversibility in Civil Rights and Environmental Rights" | Political Science | Chapman University |
| Grace Roosevelt | "Rousseau's Legacies to Environmentalism" | Audrey Cohen School for Human Services & Education | Metropolitan College of New York |
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Discussant: Carisa R. Showden |
Political Science | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | |
| B. Rethinking Classical Critiques of Democracy | |||
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Chair: Harvey Brown |
Political Science | The University of Western Ontario | |
| David Thunder | “From ‘Thin’ Liberal Virtue to ‘Thick’ Civic Virtue: The Paradoxical Path from Partisanship to Inclusiveness” | Political Science | University of Notre Dame |
| Steven A. Kelts | "Libertas and Censorship" | Political Science | The George Washington University |
| Roger Berkowitz | "Gyges' Ring: The Invisibility of Justice in Plato's Republic" | Political Studies | Bard College |
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Discussant: Elizabeth Markovits |
Political Science | Saint Louis University | |
| C. Race, Reparations, Reform, and Revolution | |||
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Chair: Thomas Bernard Rowan III |
Political Science | Chicago State University | |
| Charles W. Mills | "Contract of Breach: Repairing Racial Contractarianism" | Philosophy | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Tommie Shelby | "Black Solidarity after Black Power" | African and African American Studies | Harvard University |
| Lawrie Balfour | "White Nation, Black World: Reading Du Bois's Suppression of the African Slave Trade in 2005" | Politics | University of Virginia |
| Paul Gomberg | "Racism and Revolution" | Philosophy | Chicago State University |
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Discussants: Neil Roberts |
Political Science | University of Chicago | |
| Emmett Bradbury | Philosophy | Chicago State University | |
| D. Approaches to Contemporary Political Theory | |||
| Chair: Jeffrey Alan Johnson |
History and Government | Cameron University | |
| Christopher C. Robinson | "Theorizing as a Wittgensteinian Investigation" | School of Arts and Sciences | Clarkson University |
| Paul J. Cornish | "Undermining Sovereignty to Dignify Life: Some Ethical Implications of Agamben's Homo Sacer" | Political Science | Grand Valley State University |
| John S. Nelson | "Deliver Us from Evils: How Wittgenstein and Popular Horror Can Help Us Rework Political Ethics" | Political Science & Project on Rhetoric of Inquiry |
University of Iowa |
| Discussant: Anne Caldwell |
Political Science | University of Louisville | |
| PLENARY SESSIONS: SATURDAY, 22 OCTOBER, 5:15 - 6:30 PM | |||
| A. Political Theory and Civic Education | |||
| Moderator: Ed Wingenbach | Political Science | University of Redlands | |
| Elizabeth Beaumont | "Political Theory and Civic Education: Some Affinities, Digressions, and Tensions" | The Political Engagement Project | University of Minnesota |
| B. Author Meets the Critics: Amitai Etzioni | |||
| Moderator: Dennis McEnnerney | Philosophy | The Colorado College | |
| Amitai Etzioni | From Empire to Community: A New Approach to International Relations | Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies | The George Washington University |
| Discussants: James Bohman |
Philosophy | Saint Louis University | |
| Russell Arben Fox | Political Science | Western Illinois University | |
| BUSINESS MEETING: SUNDAY, 23 OCTOBER, 8 - 10 AM | |||
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Revised 19 October 2005
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