Political Theory

Political Theory

The department currently has six members working in the field of political theory and the history of political ideas: Prof Jeremy Jennings, Dr Caroline Williams, Dr Madeleine Davis, Dr Mark Pennington, Dr Lasse Thomassen and Dr Patricia Owens. There are also a number of postgraduate students working in this area, on topics including ethics and politics in post-structuralist thought and the contemporary relevance of Spinoza's ontology and politics. The strengths of political theory in the Department lie mainly in the fields of the history of political ideas and continentally inspired contemporary political theory, with additional strengths in liberalism and in international political theory. The Department also has close links with the Centre for the Study of the History of Political Thought.