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Dr Keith Breen

School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Keith Breen

Dr Keith Breen

School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics

Keith Breen’s research areas are political and social theory, his focus being questions of political ethics and philosophies of work and economic organization.

He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and is the author of Under Weber’s Shadow: Modernity, Subjectivity and Politics in Habermas, Arendt and MacIntyre (2012) and co-editor of After the Nation? Critical Reflections on Nationalism and Postnationalism (2010), Philosophy and Political Engagement: Reflection in the Public Sphere (2016), and Freedom and Domination: Exploring Republican Freedom (2018).

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Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Political ethics
  • Theories/philosophies of work and economic organization
  • Democracy and workplace democracy
  • Contemporary republicanism
  • Just war theory
  • The thought of Max Weber, Hannah Arendt, Jürgen Habermas, Alasdair MacIntyre
  • Contemporary political and social theory generally

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Current Research Opportunities

  • Democracy and Workplace Democracy
  • Work and Freedom: Ethical and Political Perspectives

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PhD Title Democracy and populism
Country UK
   
PhD Title  Modernity and authenticity
Country  UK
   

 


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