Ruth Abbey
(B.A., MonashUniversity; M.A. McGill University , Ph.D., McGill University ) John Cardinal O'Hara, C.S.C. Associate Professor ,researches and teaches in the areas of contemporary political theory, history of political thought and feminist political thought. She is the author of Nietzsche's Middle Period (Oxford University Press) and of Philosophy Now: Charles Taylor (Acumen Press and Princeton University Press), which was selected as one of the 2002 Outstanding Academic Titles by Choice Magazine. She is the editor of Contemporary Philosophy in Focus: Charles Taylor (Cambridge University Press). She has also written a number of journal articles, ranging from topics such as contemporary liberalism, to conceptions of marriage, to animal ethics. She has been the recipient of a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship and a Research fellowship at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton as well as a number of smaller research grants. She is currently working on a book entitled The Return of Feminist Liberalism, which examines the renewed interest among some feminist thinkers in the possibilities of liberalism.
Research and Teaching Interests:
Modern and contemporary western political thought; gender and political theory.
Contact Information:
Office: 415 Decio Hall
Email: Ruth.M.Abbey.2@nd.edu
Phone: (574) 631-6084
Mailing Address:
217 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
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Last Updated: January 21, 2008