JONATHAN PETER SCHWARTZ Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy Department of Political Science University of Wisconsin-Madison 416 North Hall, 1050 Bascom Mall Madison, WI 53706 +1(619) 865-2210 jschwartz8@wisc.edu http://www.jonathanpschwartz.com/ (January 2017) EDUCATION Ph.D., Spring, 2014/M.A., Spring, 2012. Entered 2009. Political Science,, Durham, NC Committee: Michael Allen Gillespie (Chair), Ruth Grant, Thomas Spragens, Tracy Strong (U.C. San Diego) Dissertation: Hannah Arendt's Theory of Political Judgment B.A., summa cum laude, Spring, 2008 Political Science, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Postdoctoral Fellow, Center of the Study of Liberal Democracy, (Fall, 2014-Present) University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI Instructor,, (Spring, 2014), Durham, NC PUBLICATIONS Book: Schwartz, J. P. Arendt's Judgment: Freedom, Responsibility, Citizenship. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. Peer-Reviewed Article: Schwartz, J. P. To choose one's company: Arendt, Kant, and the Political Sixth Sense. European Journal of Political Theory. Forthcoming in print. Published online 3 Nov., 2015, 1-20. Other Scholarly Publications: Schwartz, J.P. Book Review: Wurgaft, Benjamin Aldes, Thinking in Public: Strauss, Levinas, Arendt. Forthcoming in Perspectives on Politics. Schwartz, J.P. On Staying Focused: Response to Thom Brooks How Not To Save the Planet. Ethics, Policy & Environment. 19(2), (Sept., 2016), 157-159. RESEARCH INTERESTS Specializations: Modern, Contemporary, and Continental Political Theory; Political Realism; Environmental Politics and Political Theory; Theory and Practice, Judgment, Practical Reason; Hannah Arendt 1
Competences: American Political Thought; Ancient and Democratic Political Theory; Radical and Environmental Political Economy; Religion and Politics; Public Policy RESEARCH IN PROGRESS Articles under review: Arendt on Ideology and Political Judgment (under review) Political Theory after the End of Growth (under review) Current article projects: Arendtian Realism: Political Realism beyond Sovereignty (working paper available, currently revising for submission) Non-Sovereign Agency and the Status of Justice: Incommensurable Language Games? The Meaning of the Judgment Turn in Political Thought Future book project: The New Realism: The End of Modern Utopianism and the Return of Human Politics [Summary] The book will argue that the modern approach to politics, which has largely sought to remove the burden of political responsibility from citizens, was radically utopian, being predicated on unsustainable political economic practices. The global challenges of sustainability will offer the choice of either the loss of universal political freedom in favor of centralized political command and control, or a reassertion of public liberty and active civic engagement. Developing previous work on Arendt, I will argue that the ideal of universal civic responsibility is not a hopeless goal, and the belief that it is has been an enduring modern prejudice. Humans have fundamental political capacities, capacities rarely tapped in human history. These capacities can be cultivated and relied on to ensure that the modern ideal of universal freedom endures in the coming era. AWARDS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS Grant for invited speaker, Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy, (Fall, 2015) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy, (Fall, 2014-Spring, 2017) Graduate Fellowship, Kenan Institute for Ethics, (Fall, 2011-Spring, 2012) Erlangen Exchange Program Travel Scholarship, University of Erlangen, (Summer, 2011) Doctoral Fellowship,,, (Fall, 2009-Spring, 2014) Full Tuition Scholarship, Graduate School,, (Fall, 2009-Spring, 2014) PRESENTATIONS (2016), Theorizing Deep Capital: Why Democracy, Cosmopolitanism, and Sustainability Demand a Revolution in Financial Capitalism, APSA Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (2016, declined), Introduction to Arendt s Judgment: Freedom, Responsibility, Citizenship, APSA Meeting, Philadelphia, PA 2
(2016), Between Radical Conflict and Consensus: A Relational Theory of Political Realism, MPSA Meeting, Chicago, IL (2016), A Non-Sovereign Theory of Political Realism, WPSA Meeting, San Diego, CA (2016), Introduction to Arendt s Judgment: Freedom, Responsibility, Citizenship, The Hannah Arendt Circle, West Chester University (2015), Arendt s Non-Sovereign Political Realism, Political Theory Workshop, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2015), Arendt, Kant, and the Political Sixth Sense, MPSA Meeting, Chicago, IL (2013), The Hidden Structure of Hannah Arendt's Thought, Political Theory Writer s Workshop, (2011), Citizenship and the Problem of Late Modern Sustainability, Political Theory Writer s Workshop, CAMPUS TALKS (2016), The Politics of the Earth, Feb. 15, 2016 episode of Earthspeak Radio, 91.7 WSUM (Student run radio station), University of Wisconsin-Madison TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching Interests: Contemporary Political Theory, Twentieth Century Political Thought, Environmental Political Theory, Radical Political Economy, Modern Political Theory, Continental Political Theory, Democratic Political Theory, Religion and Politics, American Political Thought, Liberal Democracy Courses: Associate Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI PS 506/ILS 371: Hannah Arendt and the Human Condition, (Spring, 2017: Undergrad sem.) PS 506/400: Green Political Theory, (Spring, 2016; Fall, 2016: Lecture) PS 506: Environmental Political Thought, (Spring, 2015: Lecture) PS 506/ILS 371: Capitalism and Its Critics, (Fall, 2014; Fall 2015: Undergrad sem.) Graduate Instructor,, Durham, NC PS 275: Left, Right, and Center, (Spring, 2014: Lecture) Teaching Assistant,, Durham, NC PS 175D: Introduction to Political Philosophy, (Spring, 2013; Fall, 2013) PS 267: Liberal Democracy, (Fall, 2011) PS 270: Ambition and Politics, (Spring, 2011) SERVICE (2017), Organizer, Should the U.S. Electoral College be abolished, reformed, or left to the states to determine? Undergraduate Essay Contest, University of Wisconsin-Madison 3
(2016), Moderator/Discussant, Arendt and America: A Discussion with Richard King, U.W.- Madison (2016), Discussant/Chair, Ecology, Sustainability, and Political Theory, Panel, MPSA Meeting, Chicago, IL (2016), Discussant/Chair, Nature and Politics, Panel, MPSA Meeting, Chicago, IL (2016), Chair, Conservatism, the Market, and Theology, Panel, MPSA Meeting, Chicago, IL (2016), Organizer, Are Free Speech and a Welcoming Campus Compatible? Undergraduate Essay Contest, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2016), Co-organizer, Looking for Rights in All the Wrong Places: Why State Constitutions Contain America's Positive Rights, Public lecture by Emily Zackin U.W.-Madison (2015), Discussant, Responsibility in the Commons, Paper presented by Steven Vogel at U.W.- Madison Political Theory Workshop (2015), Organizer, Thinking Like a Mall: Environmentalism after the End of Nature, Public lecture by Steven Vogel, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2015), Co-organizer, Militarization of the Police Force, Symposium, University of Wisconsin- Madison (2014), Organizer, Blueberry Soup, Documentary screening on the Icelandic constitutional referendum, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2014), Co-organizer, Is It Time to Rewrite the Constitution? Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2011-12), Discussant, Graduate Fellow Seminar, Kenan Institute for Ethics (2011), Invited discussant, Hegel s Philosophy of Right, Short Course, University of Erlangen, Erlangen Germany Reviewer: American Political Science Review (2014, 2015) Constitutional Studies (2015) Ethics, Policy & Environment (2016) Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (2016) Review of Politics (2016) Memberships: American Political Science Association Midwestern Political Science Association Association for Political Theory Undergraduate Supervision: (2016-17), Brian Hendricks, Supervision of research for PS 699, U.W.-Madison 4
REFERENCES Michael Allen Gillespie Email: mgillesp@duke.edu Phone: (919) 660-4308 Thomas Spragens Email: spragens@duke.edu Phone: (919) 660-4313 Ruth Grant Email: grant@duke.edu Phone: (919) 660-4316 Richard Avramenko Associate Department of Political Science University of Wisconsin-Madison Email: avramenko@wisc.edu Phone: (608) 263-2292, 262-8661 5