Political Theory · Department of Government · Harvard University
My project reconstructs Mann’s argument that the ambiguous meanings found in modern art and literature prepare citizens for life in a pluralistic, disagreement-torn society. I seek to bring a humanistic picture of liberalism back into view, defending it against critiques from postwar liberals, critical theorists, and postmodern thinkers on culture.
Advisor: Eric Nelson
Committee: Peter Gordon, Michael Rosen, Samantha Matherne
Forthcoming in Thomas Manns moralisch-politischer Republikanismus, edited by Jens Hacke and Reinhard Mehring. Nomos, Staatsverständnisse.
Philosophy & Social Criticism 52(8) (2026): 1202–1223.
Politics & Poetics 6 (2025): 119–149.
Almanach 2025, Gesellschaft der Freunde von Bayreuth.
Synthese 201, no. 137 (2023): 1–20.
Featured on Imperfect Cognitions, July 2023.