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Fellow in Political Theory
Email: j.s.gledhill@lse.ac.uk|
Office: H421, Connaught House
Office Hours: Fri 10:30-12:30 (By Appointment)
Tel: +44 (0)20 7849 4679
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Biography
Dr James Gledhill read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at New College, Oxford and completed his MSc and PhD in the Department of Government at LSE. His doctoral thesis focused on the relationship between moral theory and social theory in the work of G.A. Cohen, John Rawls and Jürgen Habermas and was awarded in 2010.
Research Interests
Contemporary political and moral philosophy, especially the relationship between the work of John Rawls and Jürgen Habermas; justification in political and moral philosophy, especially constructivism and reconstructivism; history of modern political thought.
Teaching Responsibilities
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GV262 Contemporary Political Theory
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GV405 Methods in Political Theory
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GV4F7 The Political Theory of Jürgen Habermas
Publications
Gledhill, James (2012) Rawls and realism. Social theory and practice, 38 (1). pp. 55-82.
Gledhill, James (2011) Procedure in Substance and Substance in Procedure: Reframing the Rawls-Habermas Debate. In: James Gordon Finlayson and Fabian Freyenhagen (eds.) Habermas and Rawls: Disputing the Political. Routledge, New York, pp. 181-199. ISBN 978-0415876865
Gledhill, James (2009) The Idealism of Ideal Theory, Human Development, Capability and Poverty International Research Centre (HDCP-IRC), Working Paper no. 12/2009.