Alexander Kirshner, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies

Contact Info:

Teaching (Spring 2025):

• POLSCI 175D.001, INTRO TO POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Synopsis

  Gross Hall 107, MW 12:00 PM-12:50 PM

• POLSCI 175D.01D, INTRO TO POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Synopsis

  Physics 235, F 12:00 PM-12:50 PM

• POLSCI 175D.02D, INTRO TO POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Synopsis

  Physics 047, F 01:40 PM-02:30 PM

• POLSCI 175D.03D, INTRO TO POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Synopsis

  Physics 047, F 03:20 PM-04:10 PM

• POLSCI 175D.04D, INTRO TO POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Synopsis

  Gross Hall 105, Th 10:20 AM-11:10 AM

• POLSCI 175D.05D, INTRO TO POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Synopsis

  LSRC A156, Th 12:00 PM-12:50 PM

• POLSCI 175D.06D, INTRO TO POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Synopsis

  Bio Sci 063, Th 03:20 PM-04:10 PM

Education:

Ph.D., Yale University, 2011

Specialties:

Political Theory

Research Interests:

My research cuts across democratic theory, comparative politics and constitutional law. I have just completed a book investigating the paradoxical ethical dilemmas raised by antidemocratic opposition to democratic government (forthcoming-Yale University Press). My current research explores the intellectual history and practice of legitimate opposition and the competition between religious parties in contemporary Egypt and Tunisia

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Kirshner, AS; Spinner-Halev, J, Why Political Philosophy Should Be Robust, American Political Science Review, vol. 118 no. 4 (November, 2024), pp. 1658-1670 [doi]  [abs].
2. Kirshner, AS, Legitimate opposition (September, 2022), pp. 1-282 [doi]  [abs].
3. Kirshner, AS, Can liberal integrity handle disagreement? Perhaps not, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, vol. 24 no. 4 (January, 2021), pp. 642-649 [doi]  [abs].
4. Kirshner, A, What Is Christian Democracy? Politics, Religion and Ideology. By Carlo Invernizzi Accetti. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 396p. $120.00 cloth., Perspectives on Politics, vol. 18 no. 3 (September, 2020), pp. 938-939, Cambridge University Press (CUP) [doi] .
5. Kirshner, AS, WHY NO GOOD, VERY BAD, ELITIST DEMOCRACY IS AN ACHIEVEMENT, NOT A FAILURE, in DEMOCRATIC FAILURE, vol. 63 (2020), pp. 79-98 .