John M Cooper

Biographic Data

ID88972
NAMEJohn M Cooper
GIVEN NAMESJohn M
FAMILY NAMECooper
SIGNATURECOOPER J M
AFFILIATIONSCatholic University of America
ORCID0009-0002-4852-2468
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS131
TOTAL CITATIONS85
AUTHOR COUNT131
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1926
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX6

  • Ethnic Disparities in Physical, Mental, and Cognitive Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Snapshot of Metro-Detroit

    Open AccessJohn M Cooper, Kristine J Ajrouch et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2025References: 101

    The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated ethnic and racial disparities in health outcomes within the state of Michigan. These health disparities are evidenced by geographic variability; as roughly half of the COVID cases and more than a third of COVID related deaths in the state occurred in the ethnically diverse Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties (New York Times, 2023). However, cognitive health in the context of the pandemic is not well-known, partic…

  • Woodrow Wilson and the Reimagining of Eastern Europe

    Open AccessJohn M CooperARTICLEJournal of American History2021Cited by: 1

    This well-done book illuminates a significant aspect of the peace settlement at the end of World War I: Woodrow Wilson's role in the creation of new nations in eastern Europe. At the outset, Larry Wolff states, “The map of Eastern Europe today still reflects Wilson's problematic preoccupation with delineating an interlocking complex of national states, and its origins can be traced in the intellectual history of Wilson's writings and thoughts as …

  • Applied Archaeology in the Americas: Evaluating Archaeological Solutions to the Impacts of Global Environmental Change

    John M Cooper, Jago Cooper et al.CHAPTEROxford Handbook of Historical…2019

    This chapter considers the role of archaeology in creating solutions for coping with the impacts of global environmental change, illustrated by cases from Latin America. Past examples of the practical application of pre-Columbian innovations and techniques are considered, and the key themes of social practice and community engagement discussed. These principles are then applied to the islands of the Caribbean where archaeology can play an importa…

  • The American South and the Great War, 1914-1924

    Open AccessJohn M CooperARTICLEJournal of American History2019

    This collection of nine nicely wrought essays seeks to correct what the editors claim is neglect of an important epoch in southern history, the region's experiences during World War I and its immediate aftermath. The contributors examine a variety of subjects, ranging from the war's impact on cotton production and the textile industry, through mobilization and food control and conscription, to the development of a major port. Nor do they confine …

  • Woodrow Wilson, the Great War, and the Fourth Estate

    John M CooperARTICLEJournal of American History2018

    Presidents' press relations, like William Shakespeare's “course of true love,” never did run smoothly. That was certainly true much of the time for Woodrow Wilson, and historians have dwelled on those strains and his shortcomings. By contrast, this magisterial examination of Wilson's relations with the press during World War I and its aftermath at the Paris Peace Conference and in the League of Nations fight at home takes a more balanced and larg…

  • The Historical Presidency: Few and Mostly Far Between: Reflections on Intellectuals as Presidents

    Open AccessJohn M CooperARTICLEPresidential Studies Quarterly2017

    Intellectuals as presidents are few—seven in all—and mostly far between: the two Adamses, Jefferson, and Madison early on; the first Roosevelt and Wilson early in the last century; and Obama most recently. The early cluster springs in part from social recruitment and education then prevailing. The later pair also came at a time of elevated public discourse. The latest seems to be a product of sheer chance. The intellectualism of the latter three …

  • Ethical-Political Theory in Aristotle's Rhetoric

    John M CooperCHAPTERAristotle's Rhetoric2015

  • The World War and American Memory

    John M CooperARTICLEDiplomatic History2014

    Journal Article The World War and American Memory Get access John Milton Cooper, Jr. John Milton Cooper, Jr. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Diplomatic History, Volume 38, Issue 4, September 2014, Pages 727–736, https://doi.org/10.1093/dh/dhu037 Published: 30 July 2014

  • Pursuits of Wisdom: Six Ways of Life in Ancient Philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus

    John M Cooper, Cooper et al.BOOKPursuits of Wisdom2013

  • Pursuits of Wisdom: Six Ways of Life in Ancient Philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus

    John M Cooper, John Milton Cooper JrBOOKPursuits of Wisdom2012

  • Pursuits of Wisdom: Six Ways of Life in Ancient Philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus

    Open AccessJohn M CooperBOOKPursuits of wisdom2012

    This is a major reinterpretation of ancient philosophy that recovers the long Greek and Roman tradition of philosophy as a complete way of life—and not simply an intellectual discipline. The book traces how, for many ancient thinkers, philosophy was not just to be studied or even used to solve particular practical problems. Rather, philosophy—not just ethics but even logic and physical theory—was literally to be lived. Yet there was great disagre…

  • Being, Nature, and Life in Aristotle: Essays in Honor of Allan Gotthelf

    Open AccessDavid Sedley, Alan Code et al.BOOKBeing, Nature, and Life in…2010

    This volume of essays explores major connected themes in Aristotle's metaphysics, philosophy of nature, and ethics, especially themes related to essence, definition, teleology, activity, potentiality, and the highest good. The volume is united by the belief that all aspects of Aristotle's work need to be studied together if any one of the areas of thought is to be fully understood. Many of the papers were contributions to a conference at the Univ…

  • Chrysippus on Physical Elements

    John M CooperCHAPTERGod and cosmos in stoicism2009

    This chapter advances a new interpretation of what is perhaps the main source for Chrysippus' theory of physical elements (fire, air, water, and earth): a passage from Stobaeus' 5th-century ad anthology, Eclogae Physicae et Ethicae, at 1. 129-30 Wachsmuth. The chapter also sheds light on (a) the nature of the corporealism of the Stoics in connection with their theory of principles — what it is for both god and matter to be bodies — and (b) Chrysi…

  • The Relevance of Moral Theory to Moral Improvement in Epictetus

    John M CooperCHAPTERThe Philosophy of Epictetus2007

    This chapter argues that Epictetus accepted and followed the views of the original Stoics, according to which the essential thing in moral improvement was an increase in one's understanding of the philosophically articulated reasons for believing the fundamental Stoic claims about the human good and how to achieve it. He did not accept that such improvement could be achieved by merely rhetorical efforts to paint attractive pictures of life accord…

  • Socrates and Philosophy as a Way of Life

    John M CooperCHAPTERMaieusis2007

    This chapter examines Socrates' conception of philosophy itself as a way of life, of philosophy as something to be lived, not merely thought and talked about. It argues that for Socrates, living a philosophical life meant living with the idea that reason — conceived as the capacity for argument and analysis in pursuit of the truth about things — is our highest and most essential capacity. To live a philosophical life is therefore to live consiste…

  • Seneca on Moral Theory and Moral Improvement

    John M CooperCHAPTERSeeing Seneca Whole2006

  • When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt after the White House

    John M CooperARTICLEJournal of American History2006

    Theodore Roosevelt's last decade has posed a problem for his biographers. Those ten years, from the time he left the White House in 1909 until his unexpected death at the beginning of 1919, saw him at his best and at his worst. In domestic affairs, his pursuit of another presidential nomination and candidacy as a third-party nominee afforded his greatest opportunity for developing and pursuing his reform ideas. In foreign affairs, his travels abr…

  • The Emotional Life of the Wise

    Open AccessJohn M CooperARTICLEThe Southern Journal of Philosophy2005

  • Justus Lipsius and the Revival of Stoicism in Late Sixteenth-Century Europe

    Open AccessJohn M CooperCHAPTERNew Essays on the History of…2004

    In the history of scholarship and of humanist learning, Justus Lipsius is best known for his editions with annotations of Tacitus and (later) Seneca. Indeed, his was a scholar's and professor's life, devoted primarily to the study and teaching of classical Latin literature and Roman history. He cared about nothing more – or so he repeatedly said – than to live in peace and quiet, devoting himself to his books and his students and the enjoyment of…

  • A Note on Aristotle on Mixture

    John M CooperCHAPTERAristotle2004

    For Aristotle mixtures are homoeomerous or ‘like-parted’ stuffs, and their ingredients are physically more basic like-parted stuffs. According to his account of the nature and composition of flesh, for example, any quantity of flesh is divisible indefinitely into parts that have the same nature as each other and as any expanse of flesh of which they are parts. Further, flesh and all the other naturally occurring mixtures are composed of all the s…

  • Knowledge, nature, and the good: Essays on Ancient Philosophy

    John M Cooper, John Milton Cooper JrBOOKKnowledge, Nature, and the Good2004

  • The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy

    Open AccessD N Sedley, Jonathan Barnes et al.BOOKThe Cambridge companion to Greek…2003

    The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy is a wide-ranging 2003 introduction to the study of philosophy in the ancient world. A team of leading specialists surveys the developments of the period and evaluates a comprehensive series of major thinkers, ranging from Pythagoras to Epicurus. There are also separate chapters on how philosophy in the ancient world interacted with religion, literature and science, and a final chapter traces …

  • Woodrow Wilson and Harry Truman: Mission and Power in American Foreign Policy

    Open AccessJohn M CooperARTICLEPolitical Science Quarterly2003Cited by: 2

    Journal Article Woodrow Wilson and Harry Truman: Mission and Power in American Foreign Policy Get access Woodrow Wilson and Harry Truman: Mission and Power in American Foreign Policy by Anne R. Pierce. Westport, Praeger Publishers, 2003. 320 pp. $69.95. John Milton Cooper, Jr. John Milton Cooper, Jr. University of Wisconsin—Madison Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 118, Is…

  • Breaking the Heart of the World: Woodrow Wilson and the Fight for the League of Nations

    Charles E Neu, John M CooperARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History2003

  • In Search of Woodrow Wilson: Beliefs and Behavior

    John M Cooper, John Milton Cooper Jr et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History2000