Sophie Pangle is a PhD Candidate in the Government Department studying the history of ancient and modern political thought. Her research interests include work on the politics of recognition, theories of moral responsibility, and the reception of ancient Greek philosophy in late modern French and German political theory. Her dissertation compares the role of amour-propre and thumos in Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s response to the political philosophy of Plato. It examines the psychological basis of a dedication to freedom in a passion responsible for the concern with societal esteem, for anger, and for judgments on the demands of justice. She received her BA from The University of Chicago in 2017.
Contact
spangle@g.harvard.edu
My Website
1737 Cambridge Street
Subfields
Political Thought and its History | International Relations
Academic Interests
Ancient and Medieval Political Thought | Modern and Contemporary Political Thought
Research Methods
Historical Methods | Normative Political Thought