J. Toby Reiner

I teach and research contemporary political theory at Dickinson College. In 2020, I published a book on Michael Walzer - Foundation Professor of Social Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and Dissent editor emeritus - with Polity Press, as part of its Key Contemporary Thinkers series. I had earlier written my PhD thesis as an historical study of Walzer's thought. I received my PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2011. I am currently writing a book on the concept of community. In 2023, I organized a conference on Walzer's book Spheres of Justice to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of its publication. I have an M. Phil in International Relations from University of Cambridge (2001). My major interests are in theories of justice and political ideologies. Some of my teaching and research is at the intersection of the two subfields; for example, I have published on just-war theory, global justice, and migration ethics. My planned next book connects the latter two themes. My teaching interests also include the history of political thought, comparative political theory, and ethics.