faculty interest : political science

faculty interest info : political science

Saxonhouse, Arlene. Professor Saxonhouse's research focuses on ancient and early modern political thought. Her previous publications studied how attention to gender enriches our understanding of the political thought of the ancient theorists, how the debts that Hobbes's political thought has to the thought of Machiavelli help us understand the theoretical bases of modern political thought, and how careful readings of the ancient theorists provide previously unexplored insights into the possibilities and limits of democratic theory. Her current work continues the study of how ancient political theory contributes to democratic theory and how gender in Plato's dialogues casts questions on traditional readings of his political thought. Selected Publications: "Democracy, Equality and Eide: A Radical View from Book 8 of Plato's Republic," American Political Science Review, 1998, (92: 273-283); Athenian Democracy: Modern Mythmakers and Ancient Theorists (University of Notre Dame Press, 1996); Hobbes's Three Discourses: A Modern Critical Edition of Newly Identified Works by the Young Thomas Hobbes, edited with Noel B. Reynolds (University of Chicago Press, 1995); Fear of Diversity: The Birth of Political Science in Ancient Greek Thought (University of Chicago Press, 1992); "Texts and Canons: The Status of Great Books in Political Theory," in The State of the Discipline, ed. Ada Finifter (Washington, American Political Science Association, 1993) pp. 3-26; Women in the History of Political Thought: Ancient Greece to Machiavelli, (Praeger Series in Women and Politics) 1985.

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