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Empirical Hobbes: Science and Political Theory in the Works of Thomas Hobbes

Harding, Ryan (University of Oregon, 2021-09-13)

This dissertation adjudicates the role of empiricism in the science and political theory of Thomas Hobbes. It accords “empiricism” status as a separate, coherent motivation, apart from others (like geometricization), which ...
From Deliberation to Dialogue: The Role of the I-Thou in Democratic Experience

Andersen, Daniel (University of Oregon, 2012)

This dissertation argues for a dialogic grounding for deliberative democracy. Building on Habermasian theories of communication and discourse, deliberative democrats think better (more just, fair, and rational) democratic ...
From Medieval to Modern Union: The Development of the British State between the Union of the Crowns of 1603 and the Acts of Parliament in 1707

Stevenson, Kyle (University of Oregon, 2013-10-03)

Empirical studies in the sub-field of European state-building within political science have centered on material or institutional explanations for the development of the modern state. These cross-case analyses ignore key ...
Together in Time: Historical Injustice, Collective Memory, and the Boundaries of Membership

Barklis, Robin (University of Oregon, 2016-10-27)

How, if at all, should we remember the histories of injustice and atrocity that haunt most modern states? Since World War II, it has become commonplace to suggest that properly responding to injustices requires societies ...

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