Kimberly Hutchings
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Kimberly Hutchings is Professor in International Relations
at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
.
She is a leading scholar in international relations theory
. She has extensively researched and published on international political theory in respect to Kantian
and Hegelian philosophy, international and global ethics, Feminist theory
and philosophy, and politics and violence. Her work is influenced by the scholarly tradition that produced the Frankfurt School
and Critical Theory
.
She is the author of Kant, Critique and Politics, International Political Theory: rethinking ethics in a global era, Hegel and Feminist Philosophy and Time and World Politics: thinking the present. Her current focus is on the areas of global ethics, assumptions about time and history in theories of international relations, and the conceptual relationship between politics and violence in Western political thought.
Before becoming only the third woman to hold a professorial position in the Department of International Relations at the LSE (after Susan Strange
and Margot Light), she worked as Reader
at the same institution from 2003 to 2007. From 1995 to 2002, she was Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at The University of Edinburgh's
Graduate School of Social and Political Studies. Prior to that, she was a Lecturer in Philosophy in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Wolverhampton
.
International relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
.
She is a leading scholar in international relations theory
International relations theory
International relations theory is the study of international relations from a theoretical perspective; it attempts to provide a conceptual framework upon which international relations can be analyzed. Ole Holsti describes international relations theories act as a pair of coloured sunglasses,...
. She has extensively researched and published on international political theory in respect to Kantian
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher from Königsberg , researching, lecturing and writing on philosophy and anthropology at the end of the 18th Century Enlightenment....
and Hegelian philosophy, international and global ethics, Feminist theory
Feminist theory
Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, or philosophical discourse, it aims to understand the nature of gender inequality...
and philosophy, and politics and violence. Her work is influenced by the scholarly tradition that produced the Frankfurt School
Frankfurt School
The Frankfurt School refers to a school of neo-Marxist interdisciplinary social theory, particularly associated with the Institute for Social Research at the University of Frankfurt am Main...
and Critical Theory
Critical theory
Critical theory is an examination and critique of society and culture, drawing from knowledge across the social sciences and humanities. The term has two different meanings with different origins and histories: one originating in sociology and the other in literary criticism...
.
She is the author of Kant, Critique and Politics, International Political Theory: rethinking ethics in a global era, Hegel and Feminist Philosophy and Time and World Politics: thinking the present. Her current focus is on the areas of global ethics, assumptions about time and history in theories of international relations, and the conceptual relationship between politics and violence in Western political thought.
Before becoming only the third woman to hold a professorial position in the Department of International Relations at the LSE (after Susan Strange
Susan Strange
Susan Strange was a British academic who was influential in the field of International Political Economy. Her most important publications include Casino Capitalism, Mad Money, States and Markets and The Retreat of the State : The Diffusion of Power in the World Economy.For a quarter of a century,...
and Margot Light), she worked as Reader
Reader (academic rank)
The title of Reader in the United Kingdom and some universities in the Commonwealth nations like Australia and New Zealand denotes an appointment for a senior academic with a distinguished international reputation in research or scholarship...
at the same institution from 2003 to 2007. From 1995 to 2002, she was Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at The University of Edinburgh's
University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university...
Graduate School of Social and Political Studies. Prior to that, she was a Lecturer in Philosophy in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Wolverhampton
University of Wolverhampton
The University of Wolverhampton is a British university located on four campuses across the West Midlands and Shropshire. The city campus is located in Wolverhampton city centre with a second campus at Compton Park, Wolverhampton; a third in Walsall and a fourth in Telford...
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Works
- Hutchings, Kimberley. "Feminist ethics and political violence." In: International Politics 44:1 (2007), pp. 90-106.
- Hutchings, Kimberley. "Feminist perspectives on a planetary ethic." In: The globalization of ethics. Edited by Sullivan, W.M.; Kymlicka, W. Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp. 171-190.
- Hutchings, Kimberley. "Happy anniversary! Time and critique in international relations theory." In: Review of International Studies 33, S1 (2007), pp. 71-89.
- Hutchings, Kimberley. "Simone de Beauvoir and the ambiguous ethics of political violence." In: Hypatia 22, no. 3 (2007), pp. 111-132.
- Hutchings, Kimberley; Frazer, E. "Argument and rhetoric in the justification of political violence." In: European Journal of Political Theory 6, no. 2 (2007), pp. 180-199.
- Hutchings, Kimberley. "Hegel, ethics and the logic of universality." In: Hegel: New directions. Edited by Deligiogi, K. Acumen, 2006, pp. 105-123.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. "Global Civil Society: Thinking Politics and Progress." In: Global Civil Society: Contested Futures. Edited by Baker, G.; Chandler, D. Routledge, 2005, pp. 130-148.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. "Speaking and hearing: Habermasian discourse ethics, feminism and international relations." In: Review of International Studies 31, no. 1 (2005), pp. 155-165.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. "Subjects, Citizens or Pilgrims? Citizenship and Civil Society in a Global Context." In: The Idea of Global Civil Society: Politics and Ethics in a Globalizing Era. Edited by Germain, R. D.; Kenny, M. Routledge, 2005, pp. 84-99.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. "From morality to politics and back again: Feminist international ethics and the civil society argument." In: Alternatives 24 (2004), pp. 239-264.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. "World politics and the question of progress." Redescriptions: Yearbook of Political Thought and Conceptual History 8 (2004), pp. 211-234.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. "Feminism." In: Understanding Democratic Politics. Edited by Axtmann, R. Sage Publications, 2003, pp. 291-299.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. Hegel and feminist philosophy. Polity Press, 2003.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. "Feminism and Global Citizenship." In: Global Citizenship: A Critical Reader. Edited by Dower, N.; Williams, J. Edinburgh University Press, 2002, pp. 53-62.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. De-Beauvoir's Hegelianism: Rethinking the Second Sex. Radical Philosophy 107 (2001), pp. 21-31.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. "Ethics, Feminism and International Affairs." In: Ethics and International Affairs: Extent and Limits. Edited by Coicaud, J.-M.; Warner, D. United Nations University Press, 2001, pp. 194-216.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. "Feminist Philosophy and International Relations Theory: A Review." In: Women's Philosophy Review 27 (2001), pp. 31-60.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. "International Politics as Ethical Life." In: Ethics and International Relations. Edited by Seckinelgin, H.; Shinoda, H. Palgrave, 2001, pp. 30-55.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. "The Nature of Critique in Critical International Theory." In: Critical Theory and World Politics. Edited by Wyn Jones, R. Lynne Rienner, 2001, pp. 79-90.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. "Beyond Antigone: Towards a Hegelian Feminist Philosophy." In: Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain 41/42 (2000), pp. 120-131.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. "The Question of Self-Determination and Its Implications for Normative International Theory". In: Contemporary Review of International, Social and Political Philosophy 3, no. 1 (2000), pp. 91-120.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. "Towards a Feminist International Ethics." In: Review of International Studies 26, no. 5 (2000), pp. 111-130.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. "Feminism, Universalism and the Ethics of International Politics." In: Women, Culture and International Relations. Edited by Jabri, V.; O'Gorman, E. Lynne Rienner, 1999, pp. 17-37.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. "Feminist Politics and Cosmopolitan Citizenship." In: Cosmopolitan Citizenship. Edited by Hutchings, K.; Dannreuther, R. Macmillan Press, 1999, pp. 120-142.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. International Political Theory: Re-thinking Ethics in a Global Era. Sage Publications, 1999.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. "New Thinking in International Relations." In: Theory and Society: Understanding the Present. Edited by Browning, G.; Halcli, A.; Webster, F. Sage Publications, 1999, pp. 191-204.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. "Political Theory and Cosmopolitan Citizenship." In: Cosmopolitan Citizenship. Edited by Hutchings, K.; Dannreuther, R. Macmillan Press, 1999, pp. 3-32.
- Hutchings, Kimberly. "Reason, Knowledge and Truth: Speculative Thinking and Feminist Epistemology." In: Women's Philosophy Review 23 (1999), pp. 5-33.
- Hutchings, Kimberly; Dannreuther, R (eds.). Cosmopolitan Citizenship. Macmillan Press, 1999.