Research

I am finishing a book on early modern social theory, entitled Children of Pride, which is under contract with Cambridge University Press; a brief synopsis can be found here. I’m also in the early stages of a second book project on theories of coercion.

Below are links to my published academic articles.

“Prisoner, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Hobbes on Coercion and Consent,” Journal of the History of Ideas
(forthcoming)

“Coercion in a Subjective World,” The Tocqueville Review 41 (2020)
(web / pdf)

“What Is Spontaneous Order?,” American Political Science Review 114 (2020)
(web / pdf)

“Hobbesian Slavery,” Political Theory 46 (2018)
(web / pdf)

“Bernard Mandeville as Moralist and Materialist,” History of European Ideas 41 (2015)
(web / pdf)

“Adam Smith on Vanity, Domination, and History,” Modern Intellectual History 9 (2012)
(web / pdf)