John Wallach

Professor

History of Political Theory, Democratic Theory, Human Rights, Philosophy of the Social Sciences.

Ph.D. and M.A. Princeton University; B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz.

Introduction to Political Theory, Ancient to Early Modern Political Thought, Modern Political Theory, 1600-1900, Political Theory Since 1900, Democratic Theory, Political Theory of Human Rights, Special Topics: Plato and Democratic Theory; Aristotelian Political Science, Democracy and Equal Opportunity; Human Rights, Cultural Relativism and Politics.

• Platonic Laws, 'Ka-di Justice,' and the Rule of Law, "in THE POLITICAL IDENTITY OF THE WEST, ed. Martin van Ackeren and Orrin Finn Summerell (Peter Lang, 2007)
• "Demicracy in Ancient Greek Political Theory: 1906-2006," in POLIS, Vol. 23, No. 2 (2006)
• "Human Rights as an Ethics of Power, " in HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE 'WAR ON TERROR', ed. Richard A. Wislon (Cambridge, 2005)
• "American Constitutionalism and Democratic Virtue", "The Platonic Academy and Democracy". 2002
• "The Platonic Political Art: A Study of Critical Reason and Democracy". (Penn State Press) 2001
• "Plato's Socratic Problem, and Ours".1997
• "Athenian Political Thought and the Reconstruction of American Democracy", co-edited, w/ J. Peter Euben and Josiah Ober (Cornell University Press). 1994
• "Contemporary Aristotelianism". 1992
• "Socratic Citizenship". 1988
• "Liberals, Communitarians, and the Tasks of Political Theory". 1987

• Director, NEH Summer Institute (2006): "Human Rights in Conflict--Interdisciplinary Perspectives"
• Recipient , NEH Fellowship for College and University Teachers (2003-2004)

• a book of historical and contemporary essays on democracy and virtue