Biography:George Klosko

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George Klosko
Born1950
EducationColumbia University (BA, PhD)
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
InstitutionsUniversity of Virginia
ThesisThe Politics of Philosophy: The Origin and Development of Plato's Political Theory (1977)
Main interests
political philosophy
Websitehttps://uva.theopenscholar.com/george-klosko/

George Klosko (born 1950) is an American philosopher and Henry L. and Grace Doherty Professor at the University of Virginia. He is known for his works on contemporary political theory.[1][2]

Klosko received his B.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University.[1][3]

Books

  • The Development of Plato’s Political Theory (Methuen, 1986; Second Edition, Oxford, 2006)
  • The Principle of Fairness and Political Obligation (Rowman and Littlefield, 1992)
  • Political Obligations (Oxford University Press, 2005)
  • The Oxford Handbook of the History of Political Philosophy (Oxford, 2011)
  • The Transformation of American Liberalism (Oxford University Press, 2017)
  • Why we should obey the law? (Polity Press, 2019)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Klosko". https://politics.virginia.edu/klosko. 
  2. "A Critical Assessment of George Klosko's Version of the Principle of Fair Play". https://openjournals.bsu.edu/stance/article/download/1785/1093. 
  3. Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development; Columbia College (Columbia University) (February 2001). Columbia College today. Columbia University Libraries. New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development. http://archive.org/details/ldpd_12981092_043. 

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