Michael P. Zuckert (born July 24, 1942) is an American
political philosopher
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and Reeves Dreux Professor of
Political Science
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at the
University of Notre Dame
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. Zuckert earned a bachelor's degree in
Cornell University
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in 1964, and completed his master's degree and doctorate at the
University of Chicago
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in 1967 and 1974, respectively.
Books
*''Launching Liberalism: John Locke and the Liberal Tradition'' (University of Kansas Press, 2002)
*''The Natural Rights Republic'' (University of Notre Dame Press)
*''Natural Rights and the New Republicanism'' (Princeton University Press, 1994)
*''The Truth about Leo Strauss'' (2006) with
Catherine Zuckert, University of Chicago Press
*''Leo Strauss and the Problem of Political Philosophy'' (2014) with Catherine Zuckert, University of Chicago Press
*''The Spirit of Religion and the Spirit of Liberty'' (University of Chicago Press, 2017)
*''Lincoln and Democratic Statesmanship'' (University Press of Kansas, 2020)
*''A Nation So Conceived: Abraham Lincoln and the Paradox of Democratic Sovereignty'' (University Press of Kansas, 2022)
References
External links
Michael Zuckert
Further reading
*''Natural Right and Political Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Catherine and Michael Zuckert''. Edited by Lee Ward and Ann Ward. South Bend, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2013.
21st-century American philosophers
Philosophy academics
University of Notre Dame faculty
Living people
1942 births
Political philosophers
Political science journal editors
University of Chicago alumni
Political scientists who studied under Leo Strauss
Cornell University alumni
American political scientists
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