William E. Scheuerman | |
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Born | 1965 |
Awards | Spitz Prize |
Education | |
Education | Harvard University (PhD) Goethe University Frankfurt Yale University (BA) University of Munich Wayne State University |
Thesis | Reason, Radicalism, and the Rule of Law: The Frankfurt School and the Crisis of Modern Law (1993) |
Doctoral advisor | Judith N. Shklar, Seyla Benhabib |
Other advisors | Michael Sandel, Bonnie Honig |
Philosophical work | |
Era | 21st-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Critical theory |
Institutions | University of Pittsburgh University of Minnesota Indiana University Bloomington |
William E. Scheuerman (born 1965) is an American philosopher and James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science at Indiana University Bloomington. He is known for his works on political theory. [1] [2]
Scheuerman obtained a B.A. in philosophy at Yale University in 1987. He also spent a year abroad at the University of Munich (1985-86) on the Junior Year in Munich Program sponsored by Wayne State University. [3] [4]
Starting in 1987 he was a PhD student in Harvard University's Department of Government,while again spending a year (1990-91) in Germany at the University of Frankfurt. He obtained his Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University in 1993,with a dissertation titled "Reason,Radicalism,and the Rule of Law:The Frankfurt School and the Crisis of Modern Law". His committee members included Judith N. Shklar (co-chair),Seyla Benhabib (co-chair),Michael Sandel,and Bonnie Honig. [4]
He was an assistant professor (1993-1998) and associate professor (1998-2000) at the University of Pittsburgh,associate professor (2000-2003) and professor of political science and affiliated professor of law (2003-2005) at the University of Minnesota. Since then,he has been a professor of political science at Indiana University Bloomington. [4] [5] [6]
He is a winner of the David and Elaine Spitz Prize for his book Between the Norm and the Exception:The Frankfurt School and the Rule of Law in 1996. [7] He has received fellowships from DAAD,the Humboldt Foundation,and a Fulbright Award in 2016. [8]
His work has been published in Constellations , History of Political Thought , International Theory , Journal of Political Philosophy , Politics &Society , Review of International Studies ,and Social Research ,among others. [8]