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     John Zumbrunnen


Title: Associate Professor
Office: 322D North Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:00 - 2:30 & Wednesdays 9:00 - 10:00
Phone: 608.262.5701
Has Voicemail: Yes
E-Mail: zumbrunnen@wisc.edu
Keywords: American Political Thought, Ancient, Comedy, Conservativism, Contemporary Political Theory, Democratic Theory, Populism


John Zumbrunnen has wide-ranging interests in the history of political thought, democratic theory, American political thought, and the philosophy of social science. His recent research works at the intersection of Greek political thought and contemporary democratic theory, seeking in particular to recover ancient texts as resources for our thinking about the place and potential of ordinary citizens in mass democracy. Zumbrunnen’s book, Silence and Democracy: Athenian Politics in Thucydides’ History, was published by Penn State University Press in May 2008. He is currently at work on a book-length project on Aristophanes entitled Ordinary Citizenship and on an exploration of populism and conservatism in contemporary American political thought. His work has appeared in The American Political Science Review, Political Theory, Polity, History of Political Thought and Political Behavior as well as in edited volumes.
 


Recent Publications

John Zumbrunnen  Silence and Democracy:  Athenian Politics in Thucydides’ History.  Penn State University Press, 2008.   
John Zumbrunnen, Amy Gangl “Conflict, Fusion, or Coexistence?  The Complexity of Contemporary American Conservatism.”  Political Behavior 30:2 (June 2008).    
John Zumbrunnen   “Rejection, Ratification, and the Evolution of a People:  The Case of Wisconsin.”  In Constitutionalism in the American States, edited by George Connor and Christopher Hammons.  University of Missouri Press, 2008.   
John Zumbrunnen  “Fantasy, Irony, and Economic Justice in Aristophanes’ Assemblywomen and Wealth.” American Political Science Review, 100:3 (August 2006).   
John Zumbrunnen   “Elite Domination and the Ordinary Citizen:  Aristophanes’ Acharnians and Knights,” Political Theory, 23:5 (October 2004).   
John Zumbrunnen   “’Courage in the Face of Reality:’  Nietzsche’s Admiration for Thucydides.”  Polity 35:2 (Winter 2002).   
John Zumbrunnen “Democratic Politics and the ‘Character’ of the City in Thucydides.”  History of Political Thought 23:4 (Winter 2002).   
 

Current Courses taught for Fall 2009-2010

565 - History of American Political Thought

Instructors: John Zumbrunnen      Field: Political Theory