Leonard C. Feldman
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1284
Office: PLC 914; Phone: (541) 346-1479; Email: lfeldman@uoregon.edu
Research Interests and Background
My research interests in contemporary political theory include the politics and law of necessity, Giorgio Agamben, Hannah Arendt, the politics of homelessness and public space, and the role of the state in constituting identities.
I received my B.A. at Yale University and my Ph.D in Political Science at the University of Washington.
Publications include Citizens Without Shelter: Homelessness, Democracy, and Political Exclusion from Cornell University Press (2004), "Juding Necessity: Democracy and Extra-legalism," Political Theory (2008), "Terminal Exceptions: Law and Sovereignty at the Airport Threshold," Law, Culture and the Humanities (2007), and "Redistribution, Recognition and the State: The Irreducibly Political Dimension of Injustice," Political Theory (2002).
Review of Citizens Without Shelter from H-NET (Humanities and Social Sciences OnLine), by Ella Howard, Boston University.
Review essay by Sanford Schram (Bryn Mawr College), "Homelessness in the Ownership Society: An Inclusive Exclusion," Political Theory 34 (February, 2006).
Here is a copy of my C.V.
Fall 2008
Political Science 410: Arendt and Schmitt
Political Science 430: Ancient and Medieval Political Theory
Spring 2007
Political Science 410/510: Dilemmas of Democracy
Political Science 432/532: Modern and Contemporary Political Theory
Past Courses
Political Science 208: Introduction to the Tradition of Political Theory
Political Science 410: Law, Violence and the Political
Political Science 430/530: Ancient and Medieval Political Theory
Political Science 431/531: Early Modern Political Theory
Political Science 622: Graduate Field Seminar in Political Theory (Theories of Freedom)
News sources on the Web
Worth checking out
The America Project (Radio Documentaries by Alix Spiegel)
Dignity Village Tent City in Portland, Oregon