Peter Berkowitz

Peter Berkowitz

Peter Berkowitz is an American political scientist, presently holding a fellowship at the Hoover Institution and an associate professorship of law at George Mason University School of Law. He holds a J.D. and a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University; an M.A. in philosophy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; and a B.A. in English literature from Swarthmore College.

Berkowitz became a minor academic celebrity when he unsuccessfully sued Harvard University after he was denied tenure in the Harvard department of Government. [cite web|url=http://www.harvardmagazine.com/on-line/090364.html|title=Case Dismissed|accessdate=2007-11-15] He is cofounder and director of the Israel Program on Constitutional Government and is a member of the Policy Advisory Board at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He has established himself as a strong defender of George W. Bush and neo-conservative policies. [cite web|url=http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110010861|title=The Insanity of Bush Hatred By Peter Berkowitz|publisher="Opinion Journal"|date=2007-11-14|accessdate=2007-11-14] He has also written articles on liberalism and conservatism in the United States and on atheism. [cite web|url=http://www.peterberkowitz.com|title=Peter Berkowitz official home page|accessdate=2007-11-15]

Berkowitz formerly served on the foreign policy advisory team of Republican Party presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani. [cite web|url=http://www.law.gmu.edu/currnews/story.php?ID=781|title=Candidate Giuliani Names Berkowitz to Foreign Policy Team|accessdate=2007-11-15]

Bibliography

*"Virtue and the Making of Modern Liberalism" (Princeton University Press, 1999).
*"Nietzsche: The Ethics of an Immoralist" (Harvard University Press, 1995).
*"Varieties of Conservatism in American", editor (Hoover Institution Press, 2004).
*"Varieties of Progressivism in America", editor (Hoover Institution Press, 2004)
*"The Future of American Intelligence", editor (Hoover Institution Press, 2005)
*"Terrorism, the Laws of War, and the Constitution: Debating the Enemy Combatant Cases", editor (Hoover Institution Press, 2005).
*"Never a Matter of Indifference: Sustaining Virtue in a Free Republic", editor (Hoover Institution Press, 2003).

Peter Berkowitz has edited the "Hoover Studies in Politics, Economics, and Society" with Tod Lindberg since 2005.

References

External links

* [http://www.peterberkowitz.com Peter Berkowitz official home page]


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