George Klosko, George Klosko, Professor Emeritus, Department of Politics - University of Virginia
I am Henry L. and Grace Doherty Professor Emeritus, Department of Politics, University of Virginia (Ph.D., Columbia, 1977). I retired in 2024, after 41 years at the University of Virginia, and earlier appointments at Purdue University and Columbia University. The menu above contains links to my curriculum vitae and to many of my publications, about fifty articles (in different formats) and about thirty-five book reviews.
My main interests are contemporary political theory, especially issues in analytical and normative theory, and the history of political thought. In the latter, I focus on Greek political theory, especially Plato, and the liberal tradition. My work on contemporary political philosophy focuses on different aspects of liberal theory, especially problems of political obligation and the theory of John Rawls and Rawls's critics.
My most recent book is The Oxford Handbook of Political Obligation (Oxford University Press, 2026) which I edited.