Spotlight On: Caludio Katz
Katz and Grigorescu Publish Book with Cambridge University Press
A pair of faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola University Chicago co-authored a book that was published by Cambridge University Press in April 2024.
Claudio Katz, PhD, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science and Alexandru V. Grigorescu, PhD, Director of the Center for Research on International Affairs and Professor in the Department of Political Science, collaborated on Lockean Liberalism in International Relations.
“This is a wonderful example of how our emeriti faculty remain actively engaged with the College and thus continue to contribute to our rising scholarly status even after they retire” said Peter J. Schraeder, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. “Dr. Katz’s collaboration on this scholarly endeavor is a testament to the outstanding contributions that our emeriti faculty make each and every day to the College.”
The book explores a modern take on liberalism using the political theory of John Locke. Locke, liberalism’s founder, developed his political theory as a reaction to the concentration of state power in early modern Europe.
The book is part of the Cambridge “Elements in International Relations” series, which publishes original research on key topics in the field.
Liberalism in International Relations opens with a survey of liberal approaches to international relations (IR). This examination shows that these approaches have overlooked what the authors believe is classical liberalism’s central concern: “fear of the state's concentrated power and the imperative of establishing institutions to restrain its inevitable abuse.”
The book examines what they call the ‘Lockean tripod,’ which centers on Locke’s three fundamentals: politics, power, and restraints on power. As stated in the introduction, the authors claim, “we posit that, despite his essential role in founding the liberal tradition, IR scholars have scarcely used Locke’s political theory to inform their analyses or normative concerns.”
Claudio remarks that “this book is the result of a collaboration between two scholars with very different areas of expertise within the discipline of Political Science. It succeeded because my collaborator is a model scholar, exhibiting a rare combination of exacting intellectual rigor and humility. I am delighted to call Alex both a friend and a colleague, for over twenty years, and now, in addition, co-author.”
Katz has published articles in the American Political Science Review, History of Political Thought, The Review of Politics, Theory and Society, and Comparative Politics and is the author of the book From Feudalism to Capitalism: Marxian Theories of Class Struggle and Social Change (Greenwood Press 1989).
Grigorescu’s research and teaching focuses on international relations. His scholarly work was featured in a spotlight in fall 2023.
Learn more about Katz, Grigorescu and Lockean Liberalism in International Relations.
About the College of Arts and Sciences
The College of Arts and Sciences is the oldest of Loyola University Chicago’s 15 schools, colleges, and institutes. More than 150 years since its founding, the College is home to 20 academic departments and 37 interdisciplinary programs and centers, more than 450 full-time faculty, and nearly 8,000 students. The 2,000+ classes that we offer each semester span an array of intellectual pursuits, ranging from the natural sciences and computational sciences to the humanities, the social sciences, and the fine and performing arts. Our students and faculty are engaged internationally at our campus in Rome, Italy, as well as at dozens of University-sponsored study abroad and research sites around the world. Home to the departments that anchor the University’s Core Curriculum, the College seeks to prepare all of Loyola’s students to think critically, to engage the world of the 21st century at ever deepening levels, and to become caring and compassionate individuals. Our faculty, staff, and students view service to others not just as one option among many, but as a constitutive dimension of their very being. In the truest sense of the Jesuit ideal, our graduates strive to be “individuals for others.”
A pair of faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola University Chicago co-authored a book that was published by Cambridge University Press in April 2024.
Claudio Katz, PhD, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science and Alexandru V. Grigorescu, PhD, Director of the Center for Research on International Affairs and Professor in the Department of Political Science, collaborated on Lockean Liberalism in International Relations.
“This is a wonderful example of how our emeriti faculty remain actively engaged with the College and thus continue to contribute to our rising scholarly status even after they retire” said Peter J. Schraeder, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. “Dr. Katz’s collaboration on this scholarly endeavor is a testament to the outstanding contributions that our emeriti faculty make each and every day to the College.”
The book explores a modern take on liberalism using the political theory of John Locke. Locke, liberalism’s founder, developed his political theory as a reaction to the concentration of state power in early modern Europe.
The book is part of the Cambridge “Elements in International Relations” series, which publishes original research on key topics in the field.
Liberalism in International Relations opens with a survey of liberal approaches to international relations (IR). This examination shows that these approaches have overlooked what the authors believe is classical liberalism’s central concern: “fear of the state's concentrated power and the imperative of establishing institutions to restrain its inevitable abuse.”
The book examines what they call the ‘Lockean tripod,’ which centers on Locke’s three fundamentals: politics, power, and restraints on power. As stated in the introduction, the authors claim, “we posit that, despite his essential role in founding the liberal tradition, IR scholars have scarcely used Locke’s political theory to inform their analyses or normative concerns.”
Claudio remarks that “this book is the result of a collaboration between two scholars with very different areas of expertise within the discipline of Political Science. It succeeded because my collaborator is a model scholar, exhibiting a rare combination of exacting intellectual rigor and humility. I am delighted to call Alex both a friend and a colleague, for over twenty years, and now, in addition, co-author.”
Katz has published articles in the American Political Science Review, History of Political Thought, The Review of Politics, Theory and Society, and Comparative Politics and is the author of the book From Feudalism to Capitalism: Marxian Theories of Class Struggle and Social Change (Greenwood Press 1989).
Grigorescu’s research and teaching focuses on international relations. His scholarly work was featured in a spotlight in fall 2023.
Learn more about Katz, Grigorescu and Lockean Liberalism in International Relations.
About the College of Arts and Sciences
The College of Arts and Sciences is the oldest of Loyola University Chicago’s 15 schools, colleges, and institutes. More than 150 years since its founding, the College is home to 20 academic departments and 37 interdisciplinary programs and centers, more than 450 full-time faculty, and nearly 8,000 students. The 2,000+ classes that we offer each semester span an array of intellectual pursuits, ranging from the natural sciences and computational sciences to the humanities, the social sciences, and the fine and performing arts. Our students and faculty are engaged internationally at our campus in Rome, Italy, as well as at dozens of University-sponsored study abroad and research sites around the world. Home to the departments that anchor the University’s Core Curriculum, the College seeks to prepare all of Loyola’s students to think critically, to engage the world of the 21st century at ever deepening levels, and to become caring and compassionate individuals. Our faculty, staff, and students view service to others not just as one option among many, but as a constitutive dimension of their very being. In the truest sense of the Jesuit ideal, our graduates strive to be “individuals for others.”