Raia Prokhovnik (born 7 May 1951),
is
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in Politics at the
Open University
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's Faculty of Social Sciences, for their Department of Politics and International Studies,
and founding editor of the journal ''
Contemporary Political Theory
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''.
She is the chair of the OU's interdisciplinary politics module, ''Living political ideas'',
and contributed to other modules including ''Power, dissent, equality: understanding contemporary politics.''
Education
Her first degree was in political science and history from the
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensiv ...
, Australia (1974), and her MSc and PhD, ''Rhetoric and Philosophy in
Hobbes's Leviathan
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'', are from the
London School of Economics
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(1976 and 1980).
Teaching
Prokhovnik spent six years teaching and research at
Royal Holloway, University of London, and at the
University of Southampton
, mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour
, type = Public research university
, established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...
. She joined the Open University in 2000.
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See also
* Feminist political theory
Feminist political theory is an area of philosophy that focuses on understanding and critiquing the way political philosophy is usually construed and on articulating how political theory might be reconstructed in a way that advances feminist concer ...
* Sovereignty
Sovereignty is the defining authority within individual consciousness, social construct, or territory. Sovereignty entails hierarchy within the state, as well as external autonomy for states. In any state, sovereignty is assigned to the perso ...
* Political philosophy
Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institutions and the relationships between them. Its topics include politics, ...
* Baruch Spinoza
* Republicanism
* Regional power
* Public policy
References
External links
Dr. Raia Prokhovnik
Open University.
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1951 births
Living people
Alumni of the London School of Economics
University of New South Wales alumni
Academics of the Open University
Spinoza scholars