Michael Allen Gillespie

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Michael Allen Gillespie
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Michael Allen Gillespie

(1951-01-24) January 24, 1951 (age 73)
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Chicago (M.A., Ph.D)
Harvard University (A.B.)
Scientific career
Fields Political science
Philosophy
Institutions Duke University
University of Chicago

Michael Allen Gillespie (born January 24, 1951) is an American philosopher and Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Duke University. His areas of interest are political philosophy, continental philosophy, history of philosophy, and the origins of modernity. [1] He has published on the relationship between theology and philosophy, medieval theology, liberalism, and a number of philosophers such as Nietzsche, Hegel, Heidegger, and Kant. [2]

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In his later works, Gillespie has specialized on the relationship between religion and politics. [3] His book "The Theological Origins of Modernity" and his article "The Antitrinitarian Origins of Liberalism" revealed the extent to which modern thought is indebted to Christianity, contributing to the breaking of the cliché that modernity is a decisive break from the Middle Ages. [4] [5] [6]

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  1. "Michael Allen Gillespie". 13 October 2017.
  2. "Michael A. Gillespie, Professor of Political Science and Philosophy and Bass Fellow of Political Science". fds.duke.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  3. "Michael Allen Gillespie, Author at English".
  4. "Michael Allen Gillespie".
  5. Michael A. Gillespie, The Theological Origins of Modernity (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2008), xi.
  6. "Political Theory Today: Results of a National Survey" . Retrieved April 20, 2016.

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