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'''Steven B. Smith''' (born 1951) is the [[Alfred Cowles]] [[Professor]] of [[Political Science]] at [[Yale University]]. From 1996 to 2011 he was the Master of [[Branford College]] at Yale.


==Early life and education==
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'''Steven B. Smith''' is the [[Alfred Cowles]] [[Professor]] of [[Political Science]] at [[Yale University]]. He is the ninth master of [[Branford College]] (since 1996) at Yale.
Steven Smith was born in 1951. He received his undergraduate degree from [[University of Tennessee at Chattanooga]] and continued his studies at [[Durham University]] ([[St Cuthbert's Society, Durham|St Cuthbert's Society]]), where he completed an [[MPhil]] in 1976, with his thesis written on the social and political doctrine of [[G. W. F. Hegel]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Higher Degrees |journal=University of Durham Gazette |date=31 January 1977 |volume=22 (New Series) |page=20 |url=http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=bookreader/DU_Gazettes/DUGazette22/dg22METS.xml#page/20/mode/2up |accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref>


==Career==
A graduate of [[University of Tennessee at Chattanooga]] and the recipient of an M.Phil. from England's [[Durham University]], in 1981 Steven Smith received his [[Ph.D.]] from the [[University of Chicago]]. He was briefly employed as an assistant professor at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] before his 1984 arrival at Yale, where he was granted tenure in 1990. At Yale, he has served in many important positions while focusing on his research. His areas of expertise are the history of [[political philosophy]] and the role of statecraft in [[constitutional government]]. He is an honorary member of [[Manuscript Society]].
In 1981 Steven Smith received his [[Ph.D.]] from the [[University of Chicago]]. He was briefly employed as an assistant professor at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] before his 1984 arrival at Yale, where he was granted tenure in 1990. At Yale, he has served in many prominent administrative positions while continuing his research. His areas of expertise are the history of [[political philosophy]] and the role of statecraft in [[constitutional government]]. He has served as Director of Graduate Studies in Political Science, Director of the Special Program in the Humanities, and Acting Chair of Judaic Studies and from 1996-2011 served as the Master of Branford College. He is an honorary member of [[Manuscript Society]]. He has received several awards and prizes including the Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize given by [[Phi Beta Kappa]] and the Lex Hixon ‘63 Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Social Sciences in 2009. Smith describes himself as an East Coast Straussian.


His recent books include [http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300076653 ''Spinoza, Liberalism and Jewish Identity (1997)''], ''Spinoza's Book of Life (2003)'', and his latest ''Reading Leo Strauss (2006)''.
His books include [http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300076653 ''Spinoza, Liberalism and Jewish Identity (1997)''], ''Spinoza's Book of Life (2003)'', ''Reading Leo Strauss'' (2006), ''The Cambridge Companion to Leo Strauss'' (2009), ''Political Philosophy'' (2012) and his latest, ''Modernity and Its Discontents'' (2016).


He is married and has one son.
He is married and has one son.


==Controversies==
==References==
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Steven Smith's latest book ''Reading Leo Strauss'' generated controversy and an interesting exchange between himself and [[Shadia Drury]] in [http://ptx.sagepub.com/content/35/1.toc ''Political Theory: An International Journal of Political Philosophy'' vol. 35 n.1 p. 62-74] as they both discussed Strauss' stance on liberal democracy.


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://politicalscience.yale.edu/people/steven-smith Yale University]
*[http://politicalscience.yale.edu/people/steven-smith Yale University]
*[http://www.yale.edu/branford/masters.html Branford College]
*[http://www.yale.edu/branford/masters.html Branford College]
*[http://academicearth.org/speakers/steven-b-smith-1 Academic Earth Political Philosophy Course]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110827095115/http://www.academicearth.org/speakers/steven-b-smith-1 Academic Earth Political Philosophy Course]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhm55mIdSuk&list=PL8D95DEA9B7DFE825 "Introduction to Political Philosophy" - Smith's OpenYale Course]
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Latest revision as of 08:54, 22 May 2024

This article is about the Yale professor. For the underground artist, see Steven B. Smith (poet).

Steven B. Smith (born 1951) is the Alfred Cowles Professor of Political Science at Yale University. From 1996 to 2011 he was the Master of Branford College at Yale.

Early life and education

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Steven Smith was born in 1951. He received his undergraduate degree from University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and continued his studies at Durham University (St Cuthbert's Society), where he completed an MPhil in 1976, with his thesis written on the social and political doctrine of G. W. F. Hegel.[1]

Career

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In 1981 Steven Smith received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He was briefly employed as an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin before his 1984 arrival at Yale, where he was granted tenure in 1990. At Yale, he has served in many prominent administrative positions while continuing his research. His areas of expertise are the history of political philosophy and the role of statecraft in constitutional government. He has served as Director of Graduate Studies in Political Science, Director of the Special Program in the Humanities, and Acting Chair of Judaic Studies and from 1996-2011 served as the Master of Branford College. He is an honorary member of Manuscript Society. He has received several awards and prizes including the Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize given by Phi Beta Kappa and the Lex Hixon ‘63 Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Social Sciences in 2009. Smith describes himself as an East Coast Straussian.

His books include Spinoza, Liberalism and Jewish Identity (1997), Spinoza's Book of Life (2003), Reading Leo Strauss (2006), The Cambridge Companion to Leo Strauss (2009), Political Philosophy (2012) and his latest, Modernity and Its Discontents (2016).

He is married and has one son.

References

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  1. ^ "Higher Degrees". University of Durham Gazette. 22 (New Series): 20. 31 January 1977. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
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