The History of Political Thought Project pursues three aims:
- The project provides a venue for Princeton students and faculty from different disciplines to discuss both substantive and methodological issues in the history of political thought. Occasional roundtables and small discussion groups focus on particular thinkers, traditions of thought, or fundamental questions about how the study of the history of political thought ought to be conducted.
- Under the auspices of the Project a range of workshops and conferences dealing with the history of political thought will be held over the next few years. Special, but by no means exclusive, emphasis is placed on the history of political thought as a source for present-day normative reflection.
- The Project seeks to open wider geographical and temporal horizons for the study of political thought. In particular, it seeks to investigate different forms of publicly justifying political rule both within and outside the Western World (and both liberal as well as anti-liberal). It thereby seeks to build bridges to Comparative Politics, Comparative Constitutional Law, and Area Studies.
We welcome ideas and proposals from faculty and students.
Events currently planned:
Workshop on Comparative Political Thought
October 16/17 2009 - 301 Marx Hall
Roundtable on The Future of the History of Political Thought, details to be announced
Workshop on Militant Democracy, details to be announced