On February 19th, we will hold the next CPP-Colloquium. The event will be a talk by Prof. Glen Newey (Leiden University). Prof. Glen Newey’s research focuses on political philosophy, principally modern liberalism. His doctoral thesis (1991), written at the University of York (United Kingdom), supervised by Prof. John Horton, dealt with rationality and its place in political theory and practice. It was an early statement of what is known as the ‘Realist’ school of political philosophy, which resists attempts to base political institutions on moral norms, and proposes instead a more contextualised approach sensitive to such characteristic political phenomena as power, a case argued in his After Politics(2001).
A constant theme of his work is the nature of toleration as a political ideal. His Virtue, Reason and Toleration (1999) offers a conceptual analysis of toleration, now complemented by Toleration in Political Conflict, published last year by Cambridge. Current research projects include an extended essay on political theodicy to be published by Bloomsbury, a critical introduction to the market (Routledge), and a monograph on the political theory of slavery. A long-running project involves a further monograph on the nature of politics.
The colloquium will take place from 15:15 to 17:00.
Location:  Reuvensplaats, room 101 E