Political Science Faculty
Christopher J. Kelly
Professor
Christopher J. Kelly
Ph.D.
Contact
McGuinn Hall Room 224
Telephone: 617-552-1565
Email: christopher.kelly.3@bc.edu
Education
- B.A., Yale University
- M.A., University of Toronto
- Ph.D., University of Toronto
Research Interests
Rousseau; 18th-century Political Philosophy
Books
The Rousseauian Mind, edited by Eve Grace and Christopher Kelly (London and New York: Routledge, 2019)
The Challenge of Rousseau, edited by Eve Grace and Christopher Kelly (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013)
Rousseau as Author: Consecrating One’s Life to the Truth (Chicago: University of 2 Chicago Press, 2003)
Rousseau’s Exemplary Life: The “Confessions” as Political Philosophy (Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1987). Portions reprinted in Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Critical Assessments of Leading Political Philosophers, edited by John T. Scott (London and New York: Routledge, 2006) Vol. III, 462-504. Chinese translation published in 2010.
Rousseau on Philosophy, Morality, and Religion edited volume (Hanover, N.H.: University Press of New England, 2007)
Rousseau on Women, Love, and the Family edited volume (Hanover, N.H.: University Press of New England, 2009)
The Collected Writings of Rousseau, ed. with Roger D. Masters (Hanover, N.H.: The University Press of New England) thirteen volumes