This research area emphasizes the study of more substantial aspects of political modernity (the definition of citizenship, the construction of national memory, the question of foundation, the ‘ethos’ of the democratic individual, the nature and range of collective belonging, the relationship between culture and politics, the symbolic institution of the social, etc.), from a truly multidisciplinary vantage point integrating the contributions of classical and contemporary thought in politics, sociology and anthropology.
Democracy, political and social thought
At a time when Western political thought tends to approach issues of democracy, citizenship and pluralism from the angle of legal and political theory, this research area emphasizes the study of more substantial aspects of political modernity.
Research axis
Director
- Stéphane Vibert, Associate Professor, School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies, University of Ottawa
Research Associates
- Charles Gaucher, Professor, École de travail social, Université de Moncton
- Joël Madore, Assistant professor, Department of philosophy, Memorial University
- Marc Chevrier, Professor, Département de science politique, UQAM
- Yves Couture, Professor, Département de science politique, UQAM
- Camille Froidevaux-Metterie, Professor, Science politique, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne