College of the Holy Cross

Carroll Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Political Science and Montserrat Program

Political Science Department, Wake Forest University

Visiting Instructor

Political Theory and American Government

Skidmore College

Visiting Assistant Professor

Alexander worked at Skidmore College as a Visiting Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science, University of Notre Dame

Tocqueville-Jack Miller Fellow

Political Theory

Boston College

Visiting Assistant Professor

Political Theory

Response to Gregory Fried's "The King is Dead: Heidegger's Black Notebooks"

L.A. Review of Books

The L.A. Review of Books solicited responses to Gregory Fried's review of Martin Heidegger's Black Notebooks. Contributions to a forum on this topic are collected here.

Response to Gregory Fried's "The King is Dead: Heidegger's Black Notebooks"

L.A. Review of Books

The L.A. Review of Books solicited responses to Gregory Fried's review of Martin Heidegger's Black Notebooks. Contributions to a forum on this topic are collected here.

Heidegger's Ghosts

The American Interest

Heidegger has powerful adherents in societies as disparate as Russia and Iran. If liberal democracies are to reckon with his followers, they must wrestle with his thought.

Response to Gregory Fried's "The King is Dead: Heidegger's Black Notebooks"

L.A. Review of Books

The L.A. Review of Books solicited responses to Gregory Fried's review of Martin Heidegger's Black Notebooks. Contributions to a forum on this topic are collected here.

Heidegger's Ghosts

The American Interest

Heidegger has powerful adherents in societies as disparate as Russia and Iran. If liberal democracies are to reckon with his followers, they must wrestle with his thought.

Stanley Rosen's Critique of Leo Strauss

Review of Metaphysics

Response to Gregory Fried's "The King is Dead: Heidegger's Black Notebooks"

L.A. Review of Books

The L.A. Review of Books solicited responses to Gregory Fried's review of Martin Heidegger's Black Notebooks. Contributions to a forum on this topic are collected here.

Heidegger's Ghosts

The American Interest

Heidegger has powerful adherents in societies as disparate as Russia and Iran. If liberal democracies are to reckon with his followers, they must wrestle with his thought.

Stanley Rosen's Critique of Leo Strauss

Review of Metaphysics

Republicanism and the Problem of Ambition: The Critique of Cicero in Machiavelli's Discourses

Journal of Politics

Ambition enjoys an ambiguous status in political practice. It is at once necessary and dangerous. Although Machiavelli’s engagement with Cicero in the Prince has been well-noted, his critique in the Discourses of his preeminent rival authority on republicanism has received very little attention. This critique concerns Cicero’s failure to respond to the threat posed to republican institutions by the ambition of leading citizens. By following out the details of this critique, this article speaks both to recent debates about Machiavelli’s republicanism and to the obscurity about the problem of ambition in contemporary politics.

Response to Gregory Fried's "The King is Dead: Heidegger's Black Notebooks"

L.A. Review of Books

The L.A. Review of Books solicited responses to Gregory Fried's review of Martin Heidegger's Black Notebooks. Contributions to a forum on this topic are collected here.

Heidegger's Ghosts

The American Interest

Heidegger has powerful adherents in societies as disparate as Russia and Iran. If liberal democracies are to reckon with his followers, they must wrestle with his thought.

Stanley Rosen's Critique of Leo Strauss

Review of Metaphysics

Republicanism and the Problem of Ambition: The Critique of Cicero in Machiavelli's Discourses

Journal of Politics

Ambition enjoys an ambiguous status in political practice. It is at once necessary and dangerous. Although Machiavelli’s engagement with Cicero in the Prince has been well-noted, his critique in the Discourses of his preeminent rival authority on republicanism has received very little attention. This critique concerns Cicero’s failure to respond to the threat posed to republican institutions by the ambition of leading citizens. By following out the details of this critique, this article speaks both to recent debates about Machiavelli’s republicanism and to the obscurity about the problem of ambition in contemporary politics.

Heidegger and Politics: The Ontology of Radical Discontent

Cambridge University Press

This study shows the relevance of Heidegger’s thought for contemporary evaluations of politics by responding to widespread confusion about the political implications of his work. It traces the wide variation in Heidegger’s political influence on both the right and the left to fundamental ambiguities in his thought, and shows the unified ground of Heideggerian politics in the principles of his ontology.