David Estlund
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​Lombardo FAMILY Professor
of humanities ​and Philosophy
​brown university

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I teach in the Philosophy Department at Brown University, mainly in political philosophy. I came to Brown from my first job at UC Irvine, where I taught from 1986-2001. I spent a year sabbatical at the Program in Ethics and the Professions at Harvard, and another sabbatical year in the Research School of Social Sciences at Australian National University. I also taught for a semester at Harvard Law School. My research after my dissertation at University of Wisconsin-Madison (PhD 1986) was mostly in the area of democratic theory, culminating (so to speak) in my book, Democratic Authority: A Philosophical Framework (2008). Since then most of my writing has been work toward, Utopophobia: On the Limits (If Any) of Political Philosophy, new from Princeton University Press, 2020.

I grew up in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and now live in Seekonk, Massachusetts. I have three grown children: Corey, Marshall, and Hannah. In my spare time I love cycling, playing and hearing music, and photography.

You can reach me by email at:
David_Estlund@brown.edu
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