catpower@yorku.ca

Office Location: York Hall 341

I am a political theorist in the department of political science at Glendon. Understanding sovereignty, citizenship, and the conceptual construction of the boundaries of inclusion (and exclusion) are at the core of my research program. My doctoral dissertation, Iterations of Sovereignty, Citizenship, and Liberty in Early Modern French Political Thought (University of Toronto) places two French Renaissance thinkers and jurists, Jean Bodin and Estienne de la Boétie in dialogue on the themes of sovereignty, human nature, and toleration. In addition to my primary research, I also work on the history of Judeophobia and the uses of the figure of the “jew” in political thought. I have published articles in the Review of Politics as well as Political Theology. I currently teach courses on the history of political thought, liberal & illiberal political thought, and modern sovereignty.