PETER LINDSAY
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Philosophy
Georgia State University
38 Peachtree Center Avenue
GCB – 1005
Atlanta, GA 30303
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Political Science (Theory), University of Toronto
M.A., Political Science (Theory), University of Toronto
B.A., Political Science & Italian, University of Colorado
INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
“Hayek and Polanyi, 60 Years Later.” American Journal of Political Science (Under Review)
“Exposing the Invisible Hand: The Roots of Laissez-faire’s Hidden Influence.” Polity (Forthcoming)
“Reasonableness and Conscience in Liberal Political Theory.” Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. (Forthcoming) (with Edward Andrew)
“Lincoln on Secession.” Social Theory and Practice Volume 29, Number 1 (2003) (with Christopher Wellman)
“The ‘Disembodied Self’ in Contemporary Political Theory.” Philosophy and Social
Criticism (Vol. 28 (2), March, 2002).
“Overcoming False Dichotomies: Mill, Marx and the Welfare State.” History of Political Thought (Vol. XXI, Issue 4, Winter 2000.)
Creative Individualism: The Democratic Vision of C. B. Macpherson (The State
University of New York Press, 1996).
Review Essays/Book Reviews/Book Notes
Markets in Historical Contexts: Ideas and Politics in the Modern World edited by Mark Bevir and Frank Trentmann (Perspectives on Politics, Forthcoming)
Mill on Nationality, by Georgios Varouxakis (History of Political Thought, Forthcoming)
Rereading Power and Freedom in J. S. Mill, by Bruce Baum (History of Political Thought, Vol. XXIV, Issue 4, Winter 2003)
Making Moral Sense: Beyond Habermas and Gauthier, by Logi Gunnarsson (Philosophical Inquiry, Vol. XXIV Winter - Spring, 2002; No 1 -2)
Cultural Goods and the Limits of the Market, by Russell Keat (American Political Science Review, Volume 96, Number 3, September 2002)
Dancing in Chains: Narrative and Memory in Political Theory, by Joshua Dienstag (Political Theory, August 1999)
Philosophy, Science and Ideology in Political Thought, by David Morrice (Ethics, October 1998).
Solidarity in the Conversation of Humankind: The Ungroundable Liberalism of Richard Rorty, by Norman Geras (Ethics, January, 1997).
Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity, by Francis Fukuyama (The Review of Politics, Fall, 1996).
Reconstructing Political Pluralism, by Avigail Eisenberg (Journal of Politics, November, 1996).
The Ethics of Liberal Democracy: Morality and Democracy in Theory and Practice, edited by Robert Paul Churchill (Ethics, October, 1996).
The Idea of Liberal Theory, by David Johnston (The Review of Politics, Winter, 1996).
The New American Political (Dis)Order, by Robert Dahl (Canadian Review of American Studies, Vol. 25, n. 2, 1995).
Other Publications
Atlanta Journal Constitution editorial: “Facts show Cheney has it all wrong” (9/13/04)
Atlanta Journal Constitution editorial: “Political Insight has Lost a Champion” (11/29/02)
Atlanta Journal Constitution editorial: “Atrocity is Hardly our Nation's Alone” (9/11/02)
Atlanta Journal Constitution editorial: “Busting the Braves’ Chops” (10/19/99)
Invited Lectures
“Exposing the Invisible Hand: The Roots of Laissez-faire’s Hidden Influence.” (Simon Fraser University, March 2004)
“Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origins of Inequality,” February 26 & 28, 2002. Morehouse College
“Mill e Marx e la teoria dello stato ‘welfare’” (Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, March, 2001)
Conference Papers / Comments
“Representing Redskins: Professional Sports and the Ethics of Native American Team Names” (2005 Midwest Political Science Association Meeting)
“What Rights of Property Would We Really Agree to?” (2004 Western Political Science Association Meeting)
“Liberal Neutrality and the Myth of Free Markets” ” (2003 Canadian Political Science Association Meeting)
“Comments on The Legacy of C.B. Macpherson” (2003 Canadian Political Science Association Meeting)
“Comments on Religion and the Liberal State” (2002 Southern Political Science Association Meeting)
“Comments on Cosmopolitan Politics and Political Theory” (2002 Canadian Political Science Association Meeting)
“Comments on the Problems of Liberalism in Theory and Practice” (2001 Southern Political Science Association Meeting)
“Liberal Property Rights” (2000 Southern Political Science Association Meeting)
“Comments on Geeks and Monsters: Hate Crime Subjectivity in Perspective” (Conference on Hate Crimes; Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics, Georgia State University, April, 2000)
“Episodes in the Disembodiment Narrative: The Communitarians, Macpherson
and Marx” (1997 Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting)
“Ontology, Labour and Markets” (1993 Canadian Political Science Association
Annual Meeting)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1999-Present Georgia State University – Assistant Professor
1996-1999 Harvard University – Lecturer on Social Studies
Fall 1998 University of New Hampshire – Visiting Lecturer
1995-96 University of Toronto – Adjunct Professor
1988-95 University of Toronto – Teaching Assistant
1990-92 Harvard University – Teaching Fellow
1984-88 Thayer Academy, Braintree, MA – High School history teacher
COURSES TAUGHT
Georgia State University (1999-Present)
Graduate level:
· Classical and Early Modern Political Thought
· Modern Political Thought
· Liberalism and Its Critics
· Contemporary Political Philosophy
· The Political Theory of Economic Justice
Undergraduate level:
· Introduction to Political Theory
· Introduction to Political Science
· Classical and Early Modern Political Thought
· Modern Political Thought
· Liberalism and Its Critics
· The Political Theory of Economic Justice
Independent studies directed:
· Contemporary Political Philosophy
· Feminist Political Theory
· Tocqueville
· Just War Theory
Harvard University (1996-1999)
· Introduction to Social Studies A (Fall)
· Introduction to Social Studies B (Spring)
· The State and Economic Life
· The Political Theory of Economic Justice
· Senior thesis supervision and evaluation
University of New Hampshire (1998)
· Feminist Political Theory
University of Toronto (1995-1996)
· American Political Thought
(co-taught with Melissa Williams)
· Modern Political Theory (Erindale Campus)
· Thinking About Politics
(co-taught with former Ontario Premier Bob Rae)
RECENT ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE (Georgia State University)
· Director of Georgia State University Italian exchange program (2001-present)
· Content Knowledge Committee (2002-Present)
· Committee on Publication in the Book Fields (2004-Present)
· Member, Professional Education Faculty (2002-Present)
· Member, Jean Blumenfeld Center for Ethics (1999-present)
· Library Liaison, Women’s Studies Institute (2001-2002)
· Executive Committee, Department of Political Science (2001-2, 2003-4)
· Faculty Advisor, Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honors Society) (2000-2002)
· Board of Governors, Women’s Studies Institute (2000-1)
1. American Political Science Association
2. Southern Political Science Association
3. American Philosophical Association
4. Canadian Political Science Association
5. Western Political Science Association
Manuscript Reviewer
6. History of Political Thought
7. Blackwell Publishing
1. Derek Bok Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (Harvard University)
2. University of Toronto Open Fellowship
Edward Andrew, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto
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Joseph Carens, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto
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Henry Carey, Department of Political Science, Georgia State University
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