 Professor
and Chair of the Department of Political Science
Robert
Devigne - Political Theory
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1990
Rob Devigne studies and teaches political philosophy. In addition to his
doctoral work at Columbia, Devigne also completed graduate and
post-graduate studies at Yale, Oxford, and Stanford. His first book,
/Recasting Conservatism: Oakeshott, Strauss, and the Response to
Postmodernism /(1994) is published by Yale University. His newest book,
/Reforming Liberalism: J. S. Mill’s Use of Ancient, Religious, Liberal &
Romantic Moralities (2006) /also is published by Yale University Press/.
/Devigne also writes essays on Plato, Nietzsche, Mill and others that
examine the relation between ancient and modern philosophy and how
seminal philosophers have understood the proper relation of philosophy,
politics, and religion. Among his essays are "Plato, Nietzsche &
Strauss," "The Legacy of Michael Oakeshott," "Reforming Reformed
Religion: J. S. Mill’s Critique of the Enlightenment’s Natural
Religion," and "Cultivation the Individual and Society: J. S. Mill’s Use
of Ancient and Romantic Moralities." These essays and others have
appeared in /American Political Science Review/, /Political Theory/,
/History of Political Thought/, and other journals and edited volumes.
Tufts University has conferred the Liebner Prize and the U.N.I.T.E.
Award on Professor Devigne for excellence in teaching.
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