Alison Mcqueen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4079267 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison Mcqueen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcqueen |
| SIGNATURE | MCQUEEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stanford University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3216-6649 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Un artiste, les espèces d’oiseaux, le déclin et l’extinction
Le but de cet article est d’analyser le rôle d’un artiste, en tant qu’acteur signifiant, dans le monde des collectionneurs naturalistes au xixe siècle. Pour ce faire, nous examinerons les interactions complexes qui existent entre Pauline de Courcelles (1781-1851 ; m. Knip 1808-1824) et le Muséum d’Histoire naturelle lors de leurs collaborations. Grâce à des exemples précis, nous mettrons en évidence les tensions entre désir de créativité personne…
Postapocalyptic hope
Murder in the Archive
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Absolving God’s Laws
Thomas Hobbes tells us that he wrote Leviathan to “absolve the divine laws” of the charge that they justify rebellion. This article interprets the argumentative strategy of the second half of Leviathan in light of this intention. Over the course of his three major political works, Hobbes develops a convergent argument to absolve God’s laws. This strategy of judicial rhetoric relies on using multiple independent claims in the hope that one’s audie…
Hobbes’s Strategy of Convergence
In his political works, Thomas Hobbes proliferates arguments and overdetermines his conclusions. This article hypothesizes that at least some of this overdetermination was intentional. It was part of a “convergent strategy” meant to appeal to a broad, diverse, and unknown audience. The article draws on Leviathan to offer evidence for this hypothesis
Political realism and moral corruption
Political realism is frequently criticised as a theoretical tradition that amounts to little more than a rationalisation of the status quo and an apology for power. This paper responds to this criticism by defending three connected claims. First, it acknowledges the moral seriousness of rationalisation, but argues that the problem is hardly particular to political realists. Second, it argues that classical International Relations realists like EH…
What (If Anything) Is Wrong with Positive Liberty
Isaiah Berlin’s criticisms of positive liberty are often read as mere artefacts of his Cold War context. But are they good criticisms? This article evaluates Berlin’s three main worries about positive liberty—the inner-citadel worry, the moralization worry, and the tyranny worry. I find that while they may be reasonable worries to have about any concept of liberty, they are not compelling criticisms of positive liberty in particular
Politics Recovered
Politics Recovered brings together prominent scholars to develop the idea of what it might mean to theorize politics “realistically.” By exploring the nature, distinctiveness, and prospects of realist thought, it shows how political theory can provide meaningful and compelling answers to the fundamental questions of political life.
The Case for Kinship
Mirrors for Princes and Sultans
When did European modes of political thought diverge from those that existed in other world regions? We compare Muslim and Christian political advice texts from the medieval period using automated text analysis to identify four major and 60 granular themes common to Muslim and Christian polities, and examine how emphasis on these topics evolves over time. For Muslim texts, we identify an inflection point in political discourse between the elevent…
Political Realism in Apocalyptic Times
From climate change to nuclear war to the rise of demagogic populists, our world is shaped by doomsday expectations. In this path-breaking book, Alison McQueen shows why three of history's greatest political realists feared apocalyptic politics. Niccolò Machiavelli in the midst of Italy's vicious power struggles, Thomas Hobbes during England's bloody civil war, and Hans Morgenthau at the dawn of the thermonuclear age all saw the temptation to pro…
Salutary Fear? Hans Morgenthau and the Politics of Existential Crisis
What role, if any, should fear play in the politics of existential crises like nuclear catastrophe and global climate change? This paper considers why the postwar thinker Hans Morgenthau set aside his principled worries about the politics of fear and began to cast the prospect of nuclear catastrophe in terrifying and apocalyptic terms. I argue that Morgenthau’s resort to existential fear appeals may have seemed like an appropriate strategy in the…
Political realism and the realist ‘Tradition’
Appeals to a ‘tradition’ stretching back to Thucydides have been central to the recent emergence of realism in political theory. This article asks what work these appeals to tradition are doing and whether they are consistent with contemporary political realism’s contextualist commitments. I argue that they are not and that realists also have independent epistemic reasons to attend to contextualist worries. Ultimately, I make the case for an acco…
Tocqueville in Jacksonian Context
Tocqueville’s discussion of American Indians in Democracy in America is often read as the paradigmatic expression of a conventional story about American political expansion. This narrative holds that westward expansion was easy, in part because American Indians did not offer much resistance. Historians of political thought and scholars of American Political Development tend to affirm this narrative when they read Tocqueville’s text as suggesting …
Political Realism in Apocalyptic Times
Politics in Apocalyptic Times
This article accounts for the surprising final chapter of Niccolò Machiavelli's Prince by situating it in the context of the apocalyptic fervor that gripped Italy at the turn of the sixteenth century. In Florence, the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola was at the center of this enthusiastic movement. The final chapter of The Prince, the article suggests, is an apocalyptic exhortation that reiterates Savonarola's message in secular terms. Machiav…
Responsible Cosmopolitanism
Transport in New Zealand
Regions Cities and Economic Growth in New Zealand
An Old Master Revivified
In the nineteenth century, French artists and critics identified Rembrandt as an important precursor for their own goals, and he was crafted as a mentor particularly for printmakers. Books and articles on Rembrandt proliferated and numerous scenes depicting fictional narratives brought the events of his daily life before a broad public. Three such works are considered here and demonstrate how Rembrandt was made into a more accessible old master a…
Mirrors for Princes and Sultans
When did European modes of political thought diverge from those that existed in other world regions? We compare Muslim and Christian political advice texts from the medieval period using automated text analysis to identify four major and 60 granular themes common to Muslim and Christian polities, and examine how emphasis on these topics evolves over time. For Muslim texts, we identify an inflection point in political discourse between the elevent…
Political realism and moral corruption
Political realism is frequently criticised as a theoretical tradition that amounts to little more than a rationalisation of the status quo and an apology for power. This paper responds to this criticism by defending three connected claims. First, it acknowledges the moral seriousness of rationalisation, but argues that the problem is hardly particular to political realists. Second, it argues that classical International Relations realists like EH…
Political realism and the realist ‘Tradition’
Appeals to a ‘tradition’ stretching back to Thucydides have been central to the recent emergence of realism in political theory. This article asks what work these appeals to tradition are doing and whether they are consistent with contemporary political realism’s contextualist commitments. I argue that they are not and that realists also have independent epistemic reasons to attend to contextualist worries. Ultimately, I make the case for an acco…
Tocqueville in Jacksonian Context
Tocqueville’s discussion of American Indians in Democracy in America is often read as the paradigmatic expression of a conventional story about American political expansion. This narrative holds that westward expansion was easy, in part because American Indians did not offer much resistance. Historians of political thought and scholars of American Political Development tend to affirm this narrative when they read Tocqueville’s text as suggesting …
Politics in Apocalyptic Times
This article accounts for the surprising final chapter of Niccolò Machiavelli's Prince by situating it in the context of the apocalyptic fervor that gripped Italy at the turn of the sixteenth century. In Florence, the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola was at the center of this enthusiastic movement. The final chapter of The Prince, the article suggests, is an apocalyptic exhortation that reiterates Savonarola's message in secular terms. Machiav…
Salutary Fear? Hans Morgenthau and the Politics of Existential Crisis
What role, if any, should fear play in the politics of existential crises like nuclear catastrophe and global climate change? This paper considers why the postwar thinker Hans Morgenthau set aside his principled worries about the politics of fear and began to cast the prospect of nuclear catastrophe in terrifying and apocalyptic terms. I argue that Morgenthau’s resort to existential fear appeals may have seemed like an appropriate strategy in the…
Absolving God’s Laws
Thomas Hobbes tells us that he wrote Leviathan to “absolve the divine laws” of the charge that they justify rebellion. This article interprets the argumentative strategy of the second half of Leviathan in light of this intention. Over the course of his three major political works, Hobbes develops a convergent argument to absolve God’s laws. This strategy of judicial rhetoric relies on using multiple independent claims in the hope that one’s audie…
An Old Master Revivified
In the nineteenth century, French artists and critics identified Rembrandt as an important precursor for their own goals, and he was crafted as a mentor particularly for printmakers. Books and articles on Rembrandt proliferated and numerous scenes depicting fictional narratives brought the events of his daily life before a broad public. Three such works are considered here and demonstrate how Rembrandt was made into a more accessible old master a…
Transport in New Zealand
Regions Cities and Economic Growth in New Zealand
Responsible Cosmopolitanism
Politics in Apocalyptic Times
This article accounts for the surprising final chapter of Niccolò Machiavelli's Prince by situating it in the context of the apocalyptic fervor that gripped Italy at the turn of the sixteenth century. In Florence, the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola was at the center of this enthusiastic movement. The final chapter of The Prince, the article suggests, is an apocalyptic exhortation that reiterates Savonarola's message in secular terms. Machiav…
Political Realism in Apocalyptic Times
From climate change to nuclear war to the rise of demagogic populists, our world is shaped by doomsday expectations. In this path-breaking book, Alison McQueen shows why three of history's greatest political realists feared apocalyptic politics. Niccolò Machiavelli in the midst of Italy's vicious power struggles, Thomas Hobbes during England's bloody civil war, and Hans Morgenthau at the dawn of the thermonuclear age all saw the temptation to pro…
Salutary Fear? Hans Morgenthau and the Politics of Existential Crisis
What role, if any, should fear play in the politics of existential crises like nuclear catastrophe and global climate change? This paper considers why the postwar thinker Hans Morgenthau set aside his principled worries about the politics of fear and began to cast the prospect of nuclear catastrophe in terrifying and apocalyptic terms. I argue that Morgenthau’s resort to existential fear appeals may have seemed like an appropriate strategy in the…
Political realism and the realist ‘Tradition’
Appeals to a ‘tradition’ stretching back to Thucydides have been central to the recent emergence of realism in political theory. This article asks what work these appeals to tradition are doing and whether they are consistent with contemporary political realism’s contextualist commitments. I argue that they are not and that realists also have independent epistemic reasons to attend to contextualist worries. Ultimately, I make the case for an acco…
Tocqueville in Jacksonian Context
Tocqueville’s discussion of American Indians in Democracy in America is often read as the paradigmatic expression of a conventional story about American political expansion. This narrative holds that westward expansion was easy, in part because American Indians did not offer much resistance. Historians of political thought and scholars of American Political Development tend to affirm this narrative when they read Tocqueville’s text as suggesting …
Political Realism in Apocalyptic Times
Politics Recovered
Politics Recovered brings together prominent scholars to develop the idea of what it might mean to theorize politics “realistically.” By exploring the nature, distinctiveness, and prospects of realist thought, it shows how political theory can provide meaningful and compelling answers to the fundamental questions of political life.
The Case for Kinship
Mirrors for Princes and Sultans
When did European modes of political thought diverge from those that existed in other world regions? We compare Muslim and Christian political advice texts from the medieval period using automated text analysis to identify four major and 60 granular themes common to Muslim and Christian polities, and examine how emphasis on these topics evolves over time. For Muslim texts, we identify an inflection point in political discourse between the elevent…
Hobbes’s Strategy of Convergence
In his political works, Thomas Hobbes proliferates arguments and overdetermines his conclusions. This article hypothesizes that at least some of this overdetermination was intentional. It was part of a “convergent strategy” meant to appeal to a broad, diverse, and unknown audience. The article draws on Leviathan to offer evidence for this hypothesis
Political realism and moral corruption
Political realism is frequently criticised as a theoretical tradition that amounts to little more than a rationalisation of the status quo and an apology for power. This paper responds to this criticism by defending three connected claims. First, it acknowledges the moral seriousness of rationalisation, but argues that the problem is hardly particular to political realists. Second, it argues that classical International Relations realists like EH…
What (If Anything) Is Wrong with Positive Liberty
Isaiah Berlin’s criticisms of positive liberty are often read as mere artefacts of his Cold War context. But are they good criticisms? This article evaluates Berlin’s three main worries about positive liberty—the inner-citadel worry, the moralization worry, and the tyranny worry. I find that while they may be reasonable worries to have about any concept of liberty, they are not compelling criticisms of positive liberty in particular
Absolving God’s Laws
Thomas Hobbes tells us that he wrote Leviathan to “absolve the divine laws” of the charge that they justify rebellion. This article interprets the argumentative strategy of the second half of Leviathan in light of this intention. Over the course of his three major political works, Hobbes develops a convergent argument to absolve God’s laws. This strategy of judicial rhetoric relies on using multiple independent claims in the hope that one’s audie…
Murder in the Archive
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Postapocalyptic hope
Un artiste, les espèces d’oiseaux, le déclin et l’extinction
Le but de cet article est d’analyser le rôle d’un artiste, en tant qu’acteur signifiant, dans le monde des collectionneurs naturalistes au xixe siècle. Pour ce faire, nous examinerons les interactions complexes qui existent entre Pauline de Courcelles (1781-1851 ; m. Knip 1808-1824) et le Muséum d’Histoire naturelle lors de leurs collaborations. Grâce à des exemples précis, nous mettrons en évidence les tensions entre désir de créativité personne…
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