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Christopher Skeaff

Assistant Professor
Michigan Society of Fellows Postdoctoral Scholar
Ph.D., Northwestern

6664 Haven Hall
(734) 615-9109
cskeaff@umich.edu

Research Interests:


Christopher Skeaff's main areas of study are the history of modern political thought and contemporary political theory, with a particular thematic focus on rival conceptions of freedom and power. Other research interests include: Enlightenment thought, the role of affect in politics, political ontology, political theology, and biopolitics. His current research project aims to rethink political expression through an original interpretation of the work of Benedictus Spinoza and its situation within modern genealogies of public reason and free speech.

Selected Publications

  • “Spinoza, in the Vernacular?” Review essay. Political Theory 37, no. 1 (2009): 174-180.
  • “Radical Enlightenment” in Encyclopedia of Political Theory, ed. Mark Bevir. (Sage, forthcoming 2010).
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