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Professor Timothy Stanton

Biography

Timothy Stanton's research and teaching interests are in political theory and the history of political thought. In particular, he is interested in the historical formation of modern ideas of political value and political action and the wider understandings of politics to which they contribute.  His work focuses on some major seventeenth century thinkers, especially John Locke and Thomas Hobbes, and their reception and significance down to the present day. He is also interested in the relationship between politics and religion, political theology, and the development of ideas of popular sovereignty.  He has held research fellowships at Yale University, the University of Cambridge, and the Lichtenberg Kolleg at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and he is a Life Member of Wolfson College, Cambridge. His research has been funded by, among others, the AHRC and the Balzan Foundation. He gave the third Balzan-Skinner Lecture in Modern Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge, ‘John Locke and the fable of liberalism’. It is available to view here.

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Professor Timothy Stanton
Department of Politics and International Relations
University of York
York
YO10 5DD

Tel: 01904 321152