Paul N. Franco

Professor of Government

Fall 2008

  • Human Being and Citizen (GOV 028)
  • Religion and Politics (GOV 246)
  • Advanced Independent Study and Honors in Government (GOV 401)
Phone (207) 725-3381
Title Professor
Department GOVERNMENT
Work Location 17 Hubbard Hall
E-Mail pfranco@bowdoin.edu
Paul N. Franco - Bowdoin College

Education:

B.A. Colorado College
M.Sc. London School of Economics
Ph.D. University of Chicago

Mr. Franco is a Professor of Government with teaching responsibilities in the history of political philosophy and contemporary political theory.  Before coming to Bowdoin, he taught at the University of Chicago as a William Rainey Harper Fellow.  Mr. Franco is the author of The Political Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott (Yale University Press, 1990), Hegel’s Philosophy of Freedom (Yale University Press 1999), and most recently Michael Oakeshott: An Introduction (Yale University Press, 2004).  He has published articles and reviews in The American Political Science Review, Political Theory, The Journal of Politics, The Review of Politics, Political Studies, Ethics, and The Political Science Reviewer.

paul franco: hegel book cover     paul franco: book cover     paul franco: book cover michael oakeshott, an introduction