Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Yale University 2011
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor of Political Science, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2012 - 2019
• Expertise
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  Global Scholarship

  • Research

    • Egypt (Country) 
    • Tunisia (Country) 
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Challenges to Mass Democracy: social inequalities and fragmentation in large-scale liberal democracies awarded by FACE Foundation 2017 - 2019
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Books

    • Kirshner, A. S. A theory of militant democracy: The ethics of combatting political extremism, 2014.
    • Shapiro, I., S. C. Stokes, E. J. Wood, and A. S. Kirshner. Political representation, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511813146.
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  • Academic Articles

    • Kirshner, A. S. “Can liberal integrity handle disagreement? Perhaps not.” Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, January 1, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2020.1744078.
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    • Kirshner, A. S. “Nonideal democratic authority: The case of undemocratic elections.” Politics, Philosophy and Economics 17, no. 3 (August 1, 2018): 257–76. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470594X17732068.
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    • Rubenstein, J., S. Dovi, E. R. Pineda, D. Woodly, A. S. Kirshner, L. El Amine, and R. Muirhead. “Political and ethical action in the age of Trump.” Contemporary Political Theory 17, no. 3 (August 1, 2018): 331–62. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41296-018-0225-4.
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    • Kirshner, A. S. “Legitimate opposition, ostracism, and the law of democracy in ancient athens.” Journal of Politics 78, no. 4 (October 1, 2016): 1094–1106. https://doi.org/10.1086/686028.
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    • Kirshner, Alexander S. “Democracy Disfigured: Opinion, Truth, and the People by NadiaUrbinati. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 2014. 320 pp. $39.95.” Political Science Quarterly 130, no. 3 (September 2015): 554–55. https://doi.org/10.1002/polq.12369.
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    • Kirshner, Alexander S. “Proceduralism and Popular Threats to Democracy.” Journal of Political Philosophy 18, no. 4 (December 2010): 405–24. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9760.2010.00370.x.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • POLSCI 175: Introduction to Political Philosophy 2021
  • POLSCI 175D: Introduction to Political Philosophy 2021
  • POLSCI 686S: Injustice, Domination and Exploitation 2021
  • POLSCI 799: Special Readings 2021
  • POLSCI 175D: Introduction to Political Philosophy 2020
  • POLSCI 277D: The Ethics of War: Self-Defense, Humanitarian Intervention, Terrorism and Law 2020
  • POLSCI 277D: The Ethics of War: Self-Defense, Humanitarian Intervention, Terrorism and Law 2019
  • POLSCI 493-3: Senior Research Independent Study in Security, Peace and Conflict 2019
  • POLSCI 574S: Dissent, Disobedience and Revolution 2019
  • POLSCI 686S: Injustice, Domination and Exploitation 2019
  • POLSCI 798: Individual Research (A,B,C,D) 2019
  • POLSCI 799: Special Readings 2019
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Presentations & Appearances

  • A Theory of Militant Democracy. April 23, 2014  2014
  • Antidemocrats and the Right to Participate. April 23, 2014  2014
  • What's Loyalty Got to Do with It? Legitimate Opposition and Representative Democracy. February 6, 2014  2014
  • Ostracism, Legitimate Opposition, and the Law of Democracy in Ancient Athens. September 1, 2013  2013
  • The Paradox of Militant Democracy. September 1, 2013  2013
  • What’s loyalty got to do with it? Legitimate Opposition, Credible Commitment, and Representative Democracy. April 1, 2013  2013

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