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Prof James Harris is a leading scholar in the history of 17th-18th century British philosophy and political thought. As Head of the School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies at the University of St Andrews, he combines academic leadership with research on figures like Kant, Hume, Locke, and Rousseau.
- Education: Oxford (BA in English, BPhil, DPhil in Philosophy) and Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research
- Academic Affiliation: University of St Andrews (since 2004), with visiting positions at Princeton's IAS
His research focuses on:
- Conceptual evolution of 'philosophy' and 'philosophizing'
- Political obligation theories from Hobbes to Rousseau
- Locke-Filmer debates and their 18th-century afterlives
- Scottish Enlightenment contributions to political economy
Recent work connects Hobbesian sovereignty to modern democratic challenges, contrasting it with Rousseauian populism. He is currently writing a new history of 18th-century British philosophy for Oxford University Press.
- Scientific Awards: British Academy Small Research Grant (2007), Royal Society of Edinburgh Workshop Award (2009), Fellow of RSE (2019)
- Supervises PhD students in early modern philosophy and intellectual history
- Editorial roles: Journal of Scottish Philosophy
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