Dr. Christopher D Buck
St. Lawrence University News
Submitted by cbuck on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 17:37.
Assistant Professor of Political Theory
Courses I teach regularly:
Introduction to Political Theory
Ecology and Political Thought
Utopian Political Thought
Political Theories of Violence and Nonviolence
My research interests:
Environmental Political Theory
Critical Theory
Sample student projects I have supervised:
"Our Sacred Sovereign? Richard Hooker, Thomas Hobbes, and Early Modern Political Theology"
"An Ecology of Weakness: Vattimo, Postmodernity, and The (Ecological) Ethics of Weak Thought"
"Existential Representation: Acclamation, Representation and the Public Sphere in Carl Schmitt’s Constitutional Theory"
Examples of presentations, exhibitions, performances and published work:
"Fanon, Sartre, and the Case for Slavery Reparations," Sartre Studies International, Fall 2004
Ways I offer service to my discipline and/or the University:
Member, European Studies Advisory Board
Member, Peace Studies Advisory Board
Member, Academic Honor Council
My hobbies and/or personal interests:
Cycling
Baking
Karaoke
Scrabble