George Klosko Explained

Region:	Western philosophy
Era:	21st-century philosophy
George Klosko
Birth Date:	1950
School Tradition:	Analytic
Institutions:	University of Virginia
Main Interests:	political philosophy
Thesis Title:	The Politics of Philosophy: The Origin and Development of Plato's Political Theory
Thesis Year:	1977
Education:	Columbia University (BA, PhD)
Awards:	Spitz Prize
Website:	https://uva.theopenscholar.com/george-klosko/

George Klosko (born 1950) is an American philosopher and Henry L. and Grace Doherty Professor at the University of Virginia. He is known for his works on political theory.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Klosko received his B.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University.^[6]

Books

• The Development of Plato’s Political Theory (Methuen, 1986; Second Edition, Oxford, 2006)
• The Principle of Fairness and Political Obligation (Rowman and Littlefield, 1992)
• Political Obligations (Oxford University Press, 2005)
• The Oxford Handbook of the History of Political Philosophy (Oxford, 2011)
• The Transformation of American Liberalism (Oxford University Press, 2017)
• Why we should obey the law? (Polity Press, 2019)

External links

• Personal website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Klosko . Department of Politics.
2. Web site: A Critical Assessment of George Klosko's Version of the Principle of Fair Play .
3. Wiser . James L. . The Development of Plato's Political Theory. George Klosko . The Journal of Politics . May 1987 . 49 . 2 . 644–646 . 10.2307/2131335 . en . 0022-3816.
4. The Development of Plato's Political Theory . Philosophical Books . October 1989 . 30 . 4 . 211–213 . 10.1111/j.1468-0149.1989.tb02185.x . en.
5. Creed . J. L. . The Development of Plato's Political Theory By George Klosko New York and London: Methuen, 1986,xx+263 pp., £6.95 paper . Philosophy . January 1987 . 62 . 239 . 109–111 . 10.1017/S0031819100038687 . en . 1469-817X.
6. Book: Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development . Columbia College today . Columbia College (Columbia University) . February 2001 . New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development . Columbia University Libraries.