John M. Warner
Kansas State University
Department of Political Science
244 Waters Hall
Manhattan, KS 66502
jmwarner@ksu.edu
615.870.9632
Education
Ph.D., Political Science, University of California, Davis (2011)
M.A., Political Science, University of Georgia (2004)
B.S., Political Science and Philosophy, Belmont University (2000)
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, Kansas State University (2015-present)
Visiting Lecturer, University of California, Davis (2012-15)
Visiting Scholar in American Constitutionalism and Political Philosophy, The Salvatori Center at
Claremont McKenna College (2011-12)
Publications
Warner, John. 2016. Rousseau and the Problem of Human Relations, Pennsylvania State University Press.
Warner, John, and James R. Zink. 2016. “Therapeutic Politics: Rawls’ Respect for Rousseau.” The
Review of Politics 78(1): 117-40.
Warner, John. 2016. “Men, Citizens, and the Women Who Love Them: Eros and Tragedy in Rousseau’s Emile.” History of Political Thought 37(1): 107-26.
Warner, John. 2014. “Bad Education: Pity, Moral Learning, and the Limits of Rousseauan Friendship.” The Review of Politics 76(2): 243-266.
Warner, John, and John T. Scott. 2011. “Sin City: Augustine and Machiavelli on Fratricide, Rape,
and Rome,” Journal of Politics 73(3): 857-871.
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Warner, John. 2014. “Guicciardini, Francesco,” Encyclopedia of Political Thought, Wiley-Blackwell
(New York).
Under Review and Working Papers
“Sincerely Yours: Hypocrisy and Self-Falsification in Rousseau”
“The Friendless Republic: Machiavelli’s Vivere Politico.”
“The Effect of Self-Respect on Social Cooperation: an Experimental Study,” with James R. Zink
and Christopher T. Dawes.
“‘The Horizon in Every Direction:’ Household and Polity in Nouvelle Heloise.”
“To Be or Not to Be Free? Is That Rousseau’s Question? Civic Identity in the Social Contract.”
Teaching Experience
Contemporary Political Theory
Introduction to Political Theory
Late Modern Political Theory
Special Topics in Political Theory
The Philosophy of Law
Constitutional Law
American Political Thought
Introduction to American Government
Conference Participation
Panelist, Annual Meeting of the Association of Political Theory (2014)
Panelist, Annual Meeting of the Rousseau Association (2013)
Panelist, Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association (2013, 2012, 2010).
Panelist, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (2008).
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Panelist, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (2007, 2004).
Participant, “Hobbes and Religion.” Hosted by the Henry Salvatori Center at ClaremontMcKenna College (2012).
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