CURRICULUM VITAE
Andrew Levine
April 2005
Publications
BOOKS:
1. The Politics of Autonomy: A Kantian Reading of Rousseau's Social Contract (Amherst, University of Massachusetts Press, 1976).
2. Liberal Democracy: A Critique of Its Theory (New York:Columbia University Press, 1981). Spanish translation (Espasa-Calpe, Madrid).
3. Arguing for Socialism: Theoretical Considerations (Boston and London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1984). Second (paperback) edition, with a new Preface and Afterward (London: Verso, 1988).
4. The End of the State (London: Verso, 1987).
5. Reconstructing Marxism: Essays on Explanation and the Theory of History, co-authored with Erik Olin Wright and Elliott R. Sober (London: Verso, 1992). Portuguese translation Reconstruindo o Marxismo (Voz, Sao-Paulo)
6. The State and Its Critics, 2 volumes (Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar, 1992). An edited anthology of recent articles on the state in the Schools of Thought in Politics series, edited by Brian Barry.
7. The General Will: Rousseau, Marx, Communism (Cambridge University Press, 1993).
8. Rethinking Liberal Equality: From a “Utopian” Point of View (Cornell University Press, 1998)
9. Engaging Political Philosophy: Hobbes to Rawls (Blackwell’s, 2001). Chinese translation (Wu-Nan Book Co.) forthcoming.
10. A Future for Marxism?: Althusser, the Analytical Turn and the Revival of Socialist Theory (Pluto Press, 2003).
11. The American Ideology (Routledge, 2004).
ARTICLES:
1. "Rawls' Kantianism," Social Theory and Practice 3 (1), 1974, pp. 47-63. Reprinted in John Rawls: Critical Assessments of Leading Political Philosophers (Chandran Kukathas and Margaret Dancy, eds.). London: Routledge, 2002.
2. "The Political Theory of Social Democracy," Canadian Journal of Philosophy 6 (2), 1976, pp. 183-94.
3. "Beyond Justice: Rousseau Against Rawls," The Journal of Chinese Philosophy (4), 1977, pp. 125-42.
4. "Balibar on the Dictatorship of the Proletariat," Politics and Society 7 (1), 1977, pp. 69-84.
5.. "Foundations of Unfreedom," Ethics 88 (2), 1978, pp. 162-72.
6. "A Conceptual Problem for Liberal Democracy," The Journal of Philosophy 75 (6), 1978, pp. 302-7.
7.. "Robespierre: Critic of Rousseau," Canadian Journal of Philosophy 8 (3), 1978, pp. 543-57.
8.. "Alienation as Heteronomy," The Philosophical Forum 8 (2-4), 1978, pp. 256-68.
9. “The New Republic: Rousseau's Critique of Hobbesian Self-Interest," Society for Rousseau Studies. 1980, pp. 18-21.
10. "Human Rights and Freedom" in Alan Rosenbaum (ed.), The Philosophy of Human Rights: International Perspectives (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1980), pp. 137-50.
11. "On the General Will" in MacAdam, Neumann, LaFrance (eds.), Trent Rousseau Papers (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1980), pp. 173-80. Also published in Revue de l'Université d'Ottawa/ University of Ottawa Quarterly 49 (3-4), July and October 1979, pp. 423-30.
12 . "Rationality and Class Struggle," New Left Review (123), l980, pp. 47-68. [Erik Olin Wright, co-author]. Also published in Institute for Research on Poverty: Discussion Papers, 632-80. Reprinted in Alex Callinicos (ed.), Marxist Theory (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989).
13. "The Marxism That Failed," Ethics 91 (4), July 1981, pp. 645-50.
14. "Althusser's Marxism," Economy and Society 10 (3), August 1981, pp. 243-83.
15. "Towards Marxian Justice," Politics and Society 11 (3), September 1982, pp. 343-62.
16. "The Concept of Right as a Basis for Assessing Political Economic Systems," Proceedings of the Eleventh World Congress on Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (Franz Steiner
Verlag, ARSP Beihefte, no. 23 (1985), pp. 111-15.
17. "What's Historical About Historical Materialism," [Elliott Sober, co-author]. The Journal of Philosophy, lxxxii, no. 6 (June 1985), pp. 304-26.
18. "On Arguing for Socialism," Socialism and Democracy, no. 2 (Spring/Summer 1986), pp. 19-28.
19. "Marxian Explanations and Methodological Individualism," [Elliott Sober and Erik Olin Wright, co-authors.] New Left Review, no. 162 (March-April 1987), pp. 67-84. Spanish translation, Zona Abierta, no. 41-42 (October 1986-March 1987), pp. 131-158. Portuguese translation, Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Sociais, vol. 4, no. 2 (October 1989). Italian translation, Anna Elisabetta Galeotti (ed.), Individui e Istituzioni (Torino: Fondazione Rosselli, 1992).
20. "The Withering Away of the State," Socialism and Democracy, no. 4 (Spring/Summer 1987), pp. 75-84.
21. "The Future of Marxism" Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal, vol. 14, no. 1 (1990), pp. 61-75.
22. "Electoral Power, Group Power, and Democracy," Nomos, vol. xxxii (1990), pp. 251-267.
23. "Capitalist Persons," Social Philosophy and Policy, vol. 6, no. 1 (Autumn 1988), reprinted in Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jr., Jeffrey Paul, John Ahrens (eds.), Capitalism (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1989).
24. "Critical Notice: Frank Cunningham, Democratic Theory and Socialism (Cambridge: 1987), Canadian Journal of Philosophy, vol. 19, no. 3 (September 1989), pp. 455-466.
25. "What Is a Marxist Today?", Canadian Journal of Philosophy, supplementary volume 15, Analysing Marxism, Robert Ware and Kai Nielsen, eds. (1989), pp. 29-59.
26. "Individualisms," Canadian Journal of Philosophy, supp. vol. 20 (1995), pp. 87-104.
27, "Fairness to Idleness: Ought There to be a Right Not to Work," Economics and Philosophy, vol. 11 (1995), pp. 255-274. Reprinted in Kory P. Schaff (ed.), Philosophy and the Problems of Work (Rowman and Littlefield, forthcoming).
28. "Democratic Corporatism and/versus Socialism," in Joshua Cohen and Joel Rogers, Associations and Democracy (London: Verso, 1995), pp. 157 - 166.
29. "Saving Socialism and/or Abandoning It," in John Roemer, Equal Shares (London: Verso, 1996).
30. "Efficiency: What? Which? Why? and When?" in Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Recasting Egalitarianism: New Rules for Communities, States and Markets (London: Verso, 1998).
31. "Just Nationalism: The Future of an Illusion,” in Rethinking Nationalism, edited by Jocelyne Couture, Kai Nielsen and Michel Seymour, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, supplementary volume 22 (Calgary, Alberta: University of Calgary Press, 1998), pp. 345-364.
32. “Just Social Security,” Public Affairs Quarterly. vol. 12, no. 3 (July 1998), pp. 333-359.
33. “Rewarding Effort,” The Journal of Political Philosophy , vol. 7, no. 2 (1999), pp. 56-70.
34. “A Future for Marxism?” for Handbook of Political Theory (Gerald Gauss and Chandran Kukathas, eds.) Sage Publications (2004)).
35. (with Elliott Sober). “A Reply to Paul Nolan’s ‘What’s Darwinian about Historical Materialism? A Critique of Levine and Sober’,” Historical Materialism (2004).
36. “Neo-Marxism” for Encyclopedie de Sciences Sociales (Paris: PUF, forthcoming)
37. “Back to the Past”. Historical Materialism (forthcoming).
OTHER SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS:
1. Translation: "Theses of Il Manifesto," Politics and Society 1 (4), 1972.
2. Review: Joseph Moreau, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1973). The Eighteenth Century: A Current Bibliography, new series, 1, 1976.
3. Review: Michele Ansart-Dourlen, Dénaturation et violence dans la pensée de J.-J. Rousseau (1975). The Journal of the History of Philosophy, 1978.
4. Review: David DeLeon, The American as Anarchist (l978). Political Science Quarterly 94 (3), 1979.
5. Review: Richard Fralin, Rousseau and Representation: A Study of the Development of His Concept of Political Institutions (1978). Ethics 90 (3), 1980.
6. Review: Eliseo Vivas, Two Roads to Ignorance: A Quasi-Biography (1979). Ethics 91 (1), 1981.
7. Book Note: Julius I. Loewenstein, Marx Against Marxism (1980); Ethics 91 (4), 1981.
8. Review: C. B. Macpherson, Burke (1980). Canadian Philosophical Reviews 1 (4), 1981.
9. Book Notes: Marco Lippi, Value and Naturalism in Marx (1979), Perry Anderson, Arguments Within English Marxism (1980); Ethics 92 (1), 1982.
10. Book Notes: Anna Pawelczynska, Values and Violence in Auschwitz: A Sociological Analysis (1979), Harry Cleaver, Reading "Capital" Politically (1979), Walter L. Adamson, Hegemony and Revolution: Antonio Gramsci's Political and Cultural Theory
(1980), Harold Wolpe (ed.), The Articulation of Modes of Production: Essays from Economy and Society (l980), Robert J. Brym, Intellectuals and Politics (1980), Raphael Samuel
(ed.), People's History and Socialist Theory (1981), Michael R. Matthews, The Marxist Theory of Schooling: A Study of Epistemology and Education (1981); Ethics 92 (2), 1982.
11. Review: Nicholas Abercrombie, Class, Structure and Knowledge: Problems in the Sociology of Knowledge (1980. Ethics 93 (1), l983.
12. Review: John B. Noone, Rousseau's Social Contract: A Conceptual Analysis (1980). Philosophical Review 92 (4), October 1983.
13. Book Notes:
Nathan Rotenstreich, Practice and Realization: Studies in Kant's Moral
Philosophy (1979), Viggo Rossvaer, Kant's Moral Philosophy: An
Interpretation of the Categorical Imperative (1979), Susan Meld Shell, The
Rights of Reason: A
Study of Kant's Philosophy and Politics (1980), Guy Haarscher, L'Ontologie de Marx (1980); Ethics 93 (1), 1983.
14. Book Note: John Weeks, Capital and Exploitation (1981); Ethics 93 (2), 1983.
15. Book Note: Allen Buchanan, Marx and Justice: The Radical Critique of Liberalism (1982); Ethics 93 (3), 1983.
16. Book Note: Walker Connor, The National Question in Marxist-Leninist Theory and Strategy (1984); The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, forthcoming.
17. Review: James Miller, Rousseau: Dreamer of Democracy (1984), Contemporary Sociology,
18. Review: Richard Miller, Analyzing Marx (1984), Contemporary Sociology.
19. Book Note: Marvin Farber, The Search for an Alternative: Philosophical Perspectives of Subjectivism and Marxism (1984), Ethics, vol. 96, no. 2 (January 1986).
20. Review: Kai Nielsen, Equality and Liberty: A Defense of Radical Egalitarianism (1985), Ethics, vol. 96, no. 2 (January 1986).
21. Review: Jon Elster, Making Sense of Marx (1985), The Journal of Philosophy (November, 1986).
22. "Reason and Explanation," The Journal of Philosophy, vol. 86, no. 11 (November 1989), pp. 667-69.
27. Review: Loren Lomasky, Persons, Rights and the Moral Community, Nous, vol. 24, no. 4 (September 1990).
28. Review: G.A. Cohen, History, Labour and Freedom: Themes from Marx, The Journal of Philosophy, vol. 88, no. 5 (May 1991), pp. 267-275.
29. Review: Paul Smart, Mill and Marx, Philosophical Review, vol. 102, no. 1 (1993).
30. Review: Peter Osborne (ed.), Socialism and the Limits of Liberalism, Science and Society, vol. 57, no. 1 (Spring 1993), pp. 104-106.
31. Comment: "Rogers and Cohen on Secondary Associations and Democratic Governance," Politics and Society, vol 20, no. 4 (1992), pp. 487-492.
32. Review: Alan
Carling, Social Division, American Political Science Review.
33. Review: Terrell Carver (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Marx, Ethics , vol. 4, no. 104 (July 1994); pp. 904-6.
34. "Historical Materialism: Theory and Methodology" (with Erik Olin Wright and Elliott Sober), Science and Society vol. 58, no. 1 (Spring 1994), pp. 53-60.
34. "Reply to Critics" (with Erik Olin Wright and Elliott Sober), South African Sociological Review, vol. 5, no. 2 (April 1993), pp. 102-114.
35. Book Note: Joseph O'Malley (ed). Karl Marx's Early Political Writings Ethics, January 1996.
36. Review: Philippe Van Parijs, Real Freedom for All. Philosophical Review 105:4 Oct. 1996)
37. Review: Jonathan Wolff, An Introduction to Political Philosophy. Mind.
38. Review: Michael Rosen, On Voluntary Servitude. Philosophical Review, vol. 107, no. 102 (April 1998), pp. 322-325.
39. Review: Axel Honneth, The Struggle for Recognition. Ethics (forthcoming).
40. Dictionary entry. “Althusser,” Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, 2nd edition
(forthcoming).
41. Review: John McMurtry, Unequal Freedoms: the Global Market as an Ethical System. Ethics (vol. 110, no. 2, January 2000), pp. 430-432.
42. Review: Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller Jr., and Jeffrey Paul, eds. Problems of Market Liberalism (1998). Ethics (vol. 111, no. 2, January 2001), pp. 435-438.
43. Review: François Furet, The Passing of An Illusion (1999). Contemporary Sociology (forthcoming).
44. Review: Sean Sayers, Marxism and Human Nature (1998), Science and Society, vol. 64, no. 4 (Winter 2000-2001), pp. 524-526.
45. Review: Daniel Brudney, Marx’s Attempt to Leave Philosophy, Ethics (vol. 111, no. 4, July 2001), pp. 806-809.
46. Review: John Dryzek, Deliberative Democracy and Beyond: Liberals, Critics, Contestations. Ethics (vol. 112, no. 2, April 2002).
47. Review: Patrick Riley (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Rousseau, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2001).
48. “Reply to Nolan” (co-authored with Elliott Sober), Historical Materialism (2004).
49. Review: David Schweickart, After Capitalism, Ethics (forthcoming, 2005).
Extra-Mural Scholarly Lectures
1. “C. B. Macpherson's Democratic Theory: Essays in Retrieval, American Philosophical Association, San Diego (March 1975).
2. "Beyond Justice," The University of British Columbia (April 1975).
3. "On the General Will," Rousseau Bicentennial Congress, Peterborough, Ontario (June 1978).
4. "Liberal Democratic Theory and Rational Choice Models," Public Choice Society, San Francisco (March 1980).
5. "Private and Public," Illinois State University (March 1980).
6. "The Compatibility of Liberalism and Democracy," University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (November 1980).
7. "Towards Marxian Justice," University of Illinois at Chicago (January 1982).
8. "To Each According to His Ability," University of Northern Illinois (October 1982).
9. "To Each According to His Ability," University of Toronto (November 1982).
10. "Capitalism, Socialism and Justice," American section of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy; Gainesville, Florida (January 1983).
11. "The Concept of Right as a Basis for Comparing Political Economic Systems," World Congress on Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy; Helsinki (August 1983).
12. "Rousseau on the Withering Away of the State," University of Arizona (February 1984).
13. "Rousseau on the Withering Away of the State," University of Southern California (February 1984).
14. "The State and Its Futures," University of Calgary (November 1985).
15. "Methodological Individualism” University of Alberta (November 1985).
16. "Methodological Individualism.” Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (December 1985)
17. "On Arguing for Socialism," Graduate Center CUNY (December 1985).
18. "Explanatory Strategies in Social Science," University of Pennsylvania (March 1986).
19. "Solidarity and Cooperation," University of Massachusetts-Amherst, (February 1987).
20. "Solidarity and Cooperation," University of California-San Diego (April 1987).
21. "Whither Marxism?" Hannah Arendt Memorial Symposium, New School for Social Research (April 1987).
22. "Whither Marxism?" Claremont Graduate School (May 1987).
23. "Group Rights and Democratic Theory," meetings of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy, Chicago (September 1987).
24. "The Lockean Person," University of California-Berkeley (October 1987).
25. "The Lockean Person," Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Key Biscayne, Florida (November 1987).
26. "Liberals Without Liberalism," Iowa State University (March 1989).
27. "Mill and Conceptions of the Good," American Philosophical Association, Oakland (March 1989).
28. "Self-Ownership, Equality and Communism," 1989 International Meeting of the Conference for the Study of Political Thought, Williamstown, Massachusetts (April 1989).
29. "Two Theories of Revolutionary Government," North American Rousseau Society, Montreal (May 1989).
30. "How Marxism Became Analytic," American Philosophical Association, Atlanta, Georgia (December 1989).
31. "Methodological Individualism," University of Turin (Italy), (March, 1990).
32. "Causal Primacy," University of British Columbia, Vancouver (Canada), (April 1990).
33. "Normative Individualism," Conference on "Biology, Behavior and Society," University of Alberta, Edmonton (Canada) (May 1991).
34. "Should Marxists Be Interested in Moral Realism?," American Philosophical Association, New York (December 1991).
35. "Trading-Off Efficiency and Equity," American Philosophical Association, San Francisco (March 1993)..
36. "Just Social Security," American Philosophical Association, Seattle, March 1996.
37. "On Wood on Marx on Justice," American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 1996.
38. “Nationalism,” University of Coimbra (Portugal), January 1998.
39. “The Legacy of the 60s,” American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, March 2001.
40. “Whatever Happened?” Conference in Honor of Kai Nielsen, Concordia University (Montreal), 2003.