Leonie Hunter

Leonie Hunter is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of German at Princeton University. Her research focuses on intersections of political philosophy, aesthetics, and critical theory. She is currently working on her book project exploring 'Technologies of Social Abstraction.'

• PhD from Frankfurt University (2023)
• Completed dissertation: 'Das Drama im Politischen: Hegels Ästhetik als demokratietheoretischer Traktat'

Her 2024 book Tragischer Liberalismus critiques structural continuities in liberal political orders using Hegelian and Marxist frameworks. Research emphasizes dramatic structures in political thought and comic critique of authoritarianism.