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"Hi! I'm Heather Wright, the department's political theorist. As Plato's Socrates asserts,
'Knowledge of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.' To me, this is an excellent starting
place for us all, students and faculty alike, as we quest after knowledge about the nature of
politics. I passionately believe that the great works of political philosophy, which reflect
the extraordinary diversity of human intellect and experience, can and should inform our
understanding of contemporary public affairs and political practice. Let's explore!"
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Academic Background
B.A. |
Smith College, 1992 Fordham University, 1994 Fordham University, 2006 |
Awards and Recognitions
Outstanding Wittenberg Woman, 2008 Senior Teaching Fellow, Fordham University, Fall 1997-Spring 1998 Presidential Scholarship, Fordham University, Fall 1992-Spring 1998 |
Publications/Works in Progress/Research Interests
“Lucrezia in La Mandragola: Machiavelli’s New Prince.” Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy, Vol. 36, No. 2 (Winter 2009): 145-64.
"Irigaray, Luce" (1930-) in, Ness, I. The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest: 1500 to the Present, 2nd Edition. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing (Peer Reviewed)(forthcoming). My research and teaching focus on the history of political philosophy, feminist theory, and politics and literature. My dissertation, "Plato's Erotic Politics: A New Feminist Reading of the Symposium" is an engagement with Luce Irigaray's critique of Western philosophy and an argument for the relevance of Platonic political theory in thinking about contemporary feminist politics. I am currently at work on "Irigaray's Appropriation: 'Sorcerer Love's' Flawed Reading of Plato's Symposium" and Amazons and Moms, Reporters and Artists: Women and Politics in the Novels of Don DeLillo. |
Courses Taught
| POLI 211 POLI 212 POLI 216 POLI 322 |
Ancient & Medieval Political Philosophy Modern Political Philosophy American Political Thought Family Values: The Politics of Virtue, Care, and Equality Feminist and Postmodern Political Thought American Constitutional Law |
Other Positions
| I am the Pre-Law advisor. |
Other Interests/Info
| I joined the Wittenberg faculty in 2004. My husband Michael and I parent two wonderful children: Olivia and Noah. An avid runner, I've competed in many races, including the Brooklyn Half Marathon! I also serve on the Yellow Springs Human Relations Commission. |