Jill Locke
Teaching and Research Interests
- Democratic theory
- Feminist theory
- History of political thought
- Law and society
Current Projects
- Feminist Interpretations of Alexis de Tocqueville (Edited volume)
- The Politics of Shame: Civic Invisibility and the Craving for Freedom (Book)
Current Courses
- Introduction to Political and Legal Thinking
- Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
- Modern Political Thought
- Tocqueville and the Paradoxes of Liberal Democracy
- New York Stories (with Eric Vrooman; J-Term travel course in New York City)
- Sex, Power, and Politics
- Race and Politics in the U.S. (with Kate Wittenstein)
- Feminist Political Thought
- Senior Seminar: Democracy and Democratization
Selected Publications
- "Shame and the Future of Feminism," Hypatia (Special Issue: Feminist Theory and Democratic Thought), Forthcoming, Winter 2007.
- "Just the Facts, Please: Why Civil Society Does Not Need Moral Truths," The Politics of Moralizing, edited by Jane Bennett and Michael Shapiro, Routledge Press (2002)
- "Hiding for Whom? Obscurity, Dignity, and the Politics of Truth" Theory & Event, issue 3.3 (1999)
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