Dr. Justin Garrison
Associate Professor
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121 Francis T. West Hall
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Degrees
- Ph.D. in Politics, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 2010, Political Theory (Major Concentration), American Politics (Minor Concentration)
- M.A. in Politics, Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA, 2003, Political Theory (Major Concentration)
- B.A. in History R/IAP and in Russian Studies (Double Major), Moscow Institute for Advanced Studies (2002 Summa Cum Laude)/Moscow International University, Moscow, Russia, 2000
Research & Teaching Interests
- Political Theory & American Political Thought
- Irving Babbitt
- Politics and the Imagination
- Rene Girard
- Mimetic Theory
- Classical Political Thought
- Modern Political Thought
- The Moral Problem of Politics
- American Literature and Politics
- Russian Political Thought
- Russian Literature and Politics
- Democracy
- Ethics and Public Policy
- U.S. Foreign Policy
- American Political Ideologies
- American Politics
- U.S. Presidency
Books
- The Historical Mind: Humanistic Renewal in a Post-Constitutional Age (co-edited book, SUNY Press, hbk, 2020; pbk, 2021)
- “An Empire of Ideals”: The Chimeric Imagination of Ronald Reagan (Routledge, hbk. 2013; pbk. 2015)
Publications
- “Projections Upon the Void: Irving Babbitt’s Critique of Naturalism” (chapter in Critics of Enlightenment Rationalism, Vol. 2, Palgrave, 2022)
- “The Pillars of Hercules: Babbitt, Warren, and the Dangers of Scientific Naturalism” (chapter in The Historical Mind)
- “Resistance and Renewal: Irving Babbitt and China” (co-authored chapter in The Historical Mind)
- “Friedrich Nietzsche: The Hammer Goes to Monticello” (chapter in Critics of Enlightenment Rationalism, Palgrave, 2020)
- “‘The Agony of Will’: Political Morality in Robert Penn Warren’s All the Kings Men” American Political Thought, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Fall 2016): 604-627.
- “A Covenant with All Mankind: Ronald Reagan’s Idyllic Vision of America in the World,” in American Humanism: Tradition and Renewal, ed. Zhang Yuan (Beijing Normal University Press, 2016) [Chinese translation of 2008 article].
- “‘God’s Middle Children’: Metaphysical Rebellion in Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club," Humanitas, Vol. XXV, Nos. 1 and 2 (2012): 79-106.
- "The Land of Limitless Possibilities: Ronald Reagan, Progress, Technology, and the Modest Republic." In: Federici, M.P., Gamble, R.M., Mitchell, M.T. (eds) The Culture of Immodesty in American Life and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. (2013)
- "The Culture of Immodesty in American Life and Politics: The Modest Republic,” eds. Michael P. Federici, Richard M. Gamble, and Mark T. Mitchell (Palgrave, 2013).
- "A Covenant with All Mankind: Ronald Reagan’s Idyllic Vision of America in the World," Humanitas, Vol. XXI, Nos. 1 and 2 (2008): 34-63.
Available as a Media resource for the following topics
- American Presidency
- Presidential Rhetoric
- U.S. Constitution
- Democracy
- Presidential Elections
- American Foreign Policy
- Ethics and Public Policy
- Russia
Willing to speak to professional, social or civic groups on
- American Presidency
- Presidential Rhetoric
- U.S. Constitution
- Democracy
- Presidential Elections
- American Foreign Policy
- Ethics and Public Policy
- Russia