Matthew Jones

I received my doctorate from Canterbury Christ Church University in 2012. My thesis, entitled "Enlightenment Liberalism and the Challenge of Pluralism," covers a wide range of political philosophers and concepts, from the Enlightenment, theories of liberalism, to contemporary post-foundational conceptions of politics.

My doctoral thesis and research explores ways to mediate the clash between Enlightenment liberalism and pluralism within the modern liberal polity. Throughout my doctoral thesis, I have looked at, in detail, a range of political philosophers and concepts. These include the Enlightenment and Immanuel Kant; feminism (both liberal feminism and critiques thereof); John Rawls and political liberalism; Isaiah Berlin, George Crowder, and value pluralism; the post-foundational philosophy and politics of Richard Rorty and John Gray; and finally, the agonistic approach espoused by theorists such as Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe.

I am available to review article submissions and manuscripts in any of the following areas:
• toleration
• multiculturalism
• pluralism
• liberal political philosophy (both classic and contemporary).
• the Enlightenment
• John Rawls and political liberalism
• value pluralism (including William Galston, John Gray, George Crowder, and Isaiah Berlin)
• Richard Rorty
• Chantal Mouffe, radical democracy, and agonistic accounts of politics

I am also interested in collaborative work in any of these areas.