Patchen Markell
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Patchen Markell is an associate professor of political science
at the University of Chicago
. He received a Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University
in 1999 and a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy from University of California, Berkeley
in 1992.
His research interests include a range of issues in contemporary social
and political theory. Recently he has written and taught on subjects such as action and responsibility, agency, theories of democracy
, gender and sexuality
, and the role of affect in politics, as well as on figures such as Hegel, Marx, Hannah Arendt
, Habermas
, and Aristotle
. In 2003, Princeton University Press
published his Bound by Recognition, a critical engagement with the politics of recognition, which was awarded the American Political Science Association
's Foundations of Political Theory First Book Award. He is currently working on the first book-length study of Arendt's The Human Condition.
Markell also serves as the co-director of the University of Chicago Political Theory Workshop, an Editorial Council member of Constellations, and a member of the Editorial Collective of Public Culture
.
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
. He received a Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 1999 and a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy from University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
in 1992.
His research interests include a range of issues in contemporary social
Social theory
Social theories are theoretical frameworks which are used to study and interpret social phenomena within a particular school of thought. An essential tool used by social scientists, theories relate to historical debates over the most valid and reliable methodologies , as well as the primacy of...
and political theory. Recently he has written and taught on subjects such as action and responsibility, agency, theories of democracy
Democracy
Democracy is generally defined as a form of government in which all adult citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Ideally, this includes equal participation in the proposal, development and passage of legislation into law...
, gender and sexuality
Human sexuality
Human sexuality is the awareness of gender differences, and the capacity to have erotic experiences and responses. Human sexuality can also be described as the way someone is sexually attracted to another person whether it is to opposite sexes , to the same sex , to either sexes , or not being...
, and the role of affect in politics, as well as on figures such as Hegel, Marx, Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt was a German American political theorist. She has often been described as a philosopher, although she refused that label on the grounds that philosophy is concerned with "man in the singular." She described herself instead as a political theorist because her work centers on the fact...
, Habermas
Jürgen Habermas
Jürgen Habermas is a German sociologist and philosopher in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. He is perhaps best known for his theory on the concepts of 'communicative rationality' and the 'public sphere'...
, and Aristotle
Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology...
. In 2003, Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
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published his Bound by Recognition, a critical engagement with the politics of recognition, which was awarded the American Political Science Association
American Political Science Association
The American Political Science Association is a professional association of political science students and scholars in the United States. Founded in 1903, it publishes three academic journals...
's Foundations of Political Theory First Book Award. He is currently working on the first book-length study of Arendt's The Human Condition.
Markell also serves as the co-director of the University of Chicago Political Theory Workshop, an Editorial Council member of Constellations, and a member of the Editorial Collective of Public Culture
Public Culture
Public Culture is a reviewed interdisciplinary academic journal of cultural studies, founded in 1988 by anthropologists Carol Breckenridge and Arjun Appadurai...
.