Chair in Philosophy of Politics
The area of research interests
Staff members at the Chair in Philosophy of Politics conduct research in the following areas:
- philosophy and ethics of politics
- history of western political thought
- history of Polish political thought
- theory of state and law
- theory of democracy
- philosophy and ethics of security
- history of western philosophy
- contemporary political philosophy
- republican traditions
- conservatism and liberalism
- civil society
The courses taught by the members of the Chair cover the topics such as:
- history of the world of political and legal thought
- philosophy and ethics of politics
- contemporary discussions conducted within the framework of political philosophy
- the theory of democracy, civil society, the public sphere and multiculturalism
- the issues of modernity and secularization
- the problem of multiculturalism from the perspectives of political philosophy
- formation of legal traditions
- philosophy and ethics of security
Contact details
Mickiewicza Al. No. 3, rooms 215 and 216
Phone:
Mail should be sent to the following address:
Instytutu Nauk Politycznych i Stosunków Międzynarodowych
ul. Jabłonowskich 5
31-114 Kraków
Head of the Chair: prof. Bogdan Szlachta, PhD
Position: professor
Research interests:
History of western political thought (especially mediaeval and later ones, including Polish political thought), contemporary discussions on political philosophy.
prof. of UJ Arkady Rzegocki, PhD
Position: professor
prof. of UJ Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves, PhD
Position: professor
Research interests:
Contemporary philosophy and ethics of politics; history of political thought; classical and early modern republican tradition; neo-republicanism; Polish political thought of the 16th century; theories of civil society, democracy and democratization; public sphere; multiculturalism; political education.
Piotr Dardziński, PhD
Position: assistant professor
Arkadiusz Górnisiewicz, PhD
Position: assistant professor
Research interests:
History of political thought; political philosophy; theories of modernity; philosophy of history; political theology; semantics of political terminology.
Krzysztof Mazur, PhD
Position: assistant lecturer with a doctor's degree
Research interests:
Contemporary political philosophy, political analysis, public policies, innovation policy, technology and democracy, national security.