Bryn Mawr College

Steven Salkever

Mary Katharine Woodworth Professor of Political Science

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Office: Dalton 108

610.526.5330

ssalkeve@brynmawr.edu

Stephen Salkever has taught at Bryn Mawr since 1969. He is currently Mary Katherine Woodworth Professor of Political Science. His field is political philosophy, with particular interests in Greek political philosophy, America political thought, contemporary political philosophy, constitutional and legal theory, and comparative philosophy (Western and Chinese). He is the author of Finding the Mean: Theory and Practice in Aristotelian Political Philosophy (1990), and articles on Plato, Hume, Rousseau, and on a variety of contemporary issues approached from perspectives derived from Greek philosophy.

Courses in Philosophy 2008-2009:

Greek Political Philosophy (Aristotle: Ethics and Politics)

Introduction to Political Philosophy: Ancient and Early Modern

Nietzsche, Kant, Plato: Modes of Practical Philosophy

Courses Regularly Taught in Philosophy:

Introduction to Political Philosophy: Ancient and Early Modern

Introduction to Political Philosophy: Modern

Nietzsche, Kant, Plato: Modes of Practical Philosophy

Greek Political Philosophy (Aristotle: Ethics and Politics)

Political Philosophy in the 20th/21st Centuries

Topics in Legal & Political Philosophy