Xavier Márquez

BS Duke, MA Northern Illinois, PhD Notre Dame

Lecturer

Profile

Xavier Márquez is a Lecturer in Political Theory. His research interests range from ancient political thought (especially Plato and Cicero) to more general questions about power, democracy, and expertise.

Current research

History of political thought (especially Ancient political thought). Xavier is especially interested in Plato’s political thought; he has been working on a book on Plato’s Statesman, looking specifically at how Plato understands political expertise in relationship to democracy. He is also interested in how the categories of Greek political thought were transformed by their appropriation by Roman thinkers, especially Cicero, in their efforts to adapt them to Roman reality.

Other research areas: Power and the state, democratic theory and the challenge of non-democratic thought, knowledge and politics, methodological issues in political theory.

Publications

Márquez, Xavier, and Walter Nicgorski. 2008. “La loi de la nature et la nature de la loi dans la pensée politique de Cicéron.” In Droit Naturel: Relancer L'Histoire?, pp. 157-192. Edited by L.-L. Christians et al. Bruxelles: Bruylant.

Márquez, Xavier. 2007. “Theory and Practice in Plato’s Statesman.” Ancient Philosophy 27(1): 31-53.

Márquez, Xavier. 2006. “Measure and the Arts in Plato's Statesman.” Plato: The Internet Journal of the International Plato Society 6.

See my most current CV here.

Work in Progress

For a look at my most recent working papers, click here.

Current Teaching

POLS 209, Dictatorships and Revolutions. See a recent course outline here.

POLS/PHIL/INTP 261, Social and Political Philosophy: Political Philosophy and International Relations. See a recent course outline here.

POLS 401, Some Aspects of Modern Social and Political Thought: Power, Freedom and Justice. See a recent course outline here.

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