Dr Alex Bavister-Gould

Profile

Biography

Alex is a contemporary political theorist. After attending the University of York for his BA in Politics and MA in Political Philosophy (The Idea of Toleration), Alex stayed to complete his doctoral thesis (under the supervision of Professor Sue Mendus) on "The Significance of Conceptions of Conflict in Contemporary Political Philosophy". Since then he has been a lecturer and teaching fellow in the department, and taught a range of courses including Contemporary Political Philosophy, The History of Political Thought, Introduction to Political Theory and Politics, Power and Society.

Departmental roles

Departmental Computing Officer (DCO) for the Departments of Politics and Sociology

Publications

Selected publications

2011 ‘Bernard Williams: Political Realism and the Limits of Legitimacy’ European Journal of Philosophy (Article first published online 20 Apr 2011, DOI: 10.1111)

2008. ‘The Uniqueness of “After Virtue” (or “Against Hindsight”)’, Analyse & Kritik, 30, 382-397. Also published in, Knight, K. and Blackledge, P. (Eds.) Revolutionary Aristotelianism: Ethics, Resistance and Utopia. Stuttgart, Lucius & Lucius, 2008. available online