Stephen K. White (born 1949), is James Hart Professor of Politics at the

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. His research focuses on

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and political theory,

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, and

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political thought. He has contributed to several scholarly works on Jürgen Habermas, including ''The Cambridge Companion to Habermas'', which he edited. He is also a past editor of the journal '' Political Theory''. Recently, White's research has focused upon the concept of weak ontology, which he uses to describe a non-

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approach to normative affirmation extrapolated from the works of George Kateb, Charles Taylor, Judith Butler, and William E. Connolly.

Education

White received his Ph.D. from the City University of New York in 1980.

Selected bibliography

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Edited books

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Journal articles

References

External links

White's University of Virginia Faculty Page
1949 births Living people University of Virginia faculty Graduate Center, CUNY alumni Continental philosophers American political philosophers 20th-century American philosophers Critical theorists Ontologists Philosophers of social science Philosophers from Virginia {{US-philosopher-stub