Jason Ferrell

Contact information

Email:

jason.ferrell@concordia.ca

Research activities

History of Political Thought, 20th Century Political Thought, Moral Pluralism, Value Conflict, Liberalism, Distributive Justice, Democratic Theory, 19th Century Russian Literature

Teaching activities

Poli 203: Introduction to Comparative Politics

Poli 204: Introduction to Canadian Politics

Poli 205: Introduction to International Relations

Poli 206: Introduction to Western Political Theory

Poli 307: The US Presidency

Poli 313: Special Topic in Comparative Politics: US Presidency

Poli 317: Special Topics: Democratic Theory

Poli 331: Comparative Party Systems

Poli 345: Contemporary Political Philosophy

Poli 373: Late Modern Political Thought

Poli 386: Liberalism and Its Critics

Poli 388: Human Rights & International Justice

Poli 400: Advanced Seminar in International Relations Theory

Poli 415: Modern Political Theory & Religion

Poli 425: Foundations of Liberalism

Poli 481: Advanced Seminar in European Politics

Poli 486: Seminar: Theories of International Relations

Publications

"Metaphor as Method in the Writings of Isaiah Berlin," Modern Intellectual History. Published online 2024:1-20. doi:10.1017/S1479244324000283"The Moral Personality of Mikhail Bulgakov," in Critics of Enlightenment Rationalism Revisited, ed. Gene Callahan and Kenneth B. McIntyre, 115-130. London: Palgrave Macmillan Press, 2022."On moral equivalence," SN Social Sciences, 1 (2), January 2021, 1-22.

“Isaiah Berlin on Monism,” in Critics of Enlightenment Rationalism, ed. Gene Callahan and Kenneth B. McIntyre, 237-249. London: Palgrave Macmillan Press, 2020.

“Moral Pluralism and Conflict,” Journal of Political Science, 42, December 2014, 53-80.

"Isaiah Berlin as Essayist," Political Theory 40(5), October 2012: 602-628

"Isaiah Berlin: Pluralism and Liberalism in Theory and Practice," Contemporary Political Theory 8 (3), August 2009: 295-316 [Winner of the Contemporary Political Theory Annual Prize]