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Joel Isaac is a historian of modern social and political thought focusing particularly on American and British traditions of social thought. His earliest research examined the theories of knowledge that drove important changes in the human sciences during the twentieth century. His work is encapsulated in his book, Working Knowledge: Making Human Sciences Parsons Kuhn, which received the Gladstone Prize from the Royal Historical Society, UK. Currently, he is writing a book on the relations between economics and social thought from the late nineteenth century to the present, aiming to explain how modern economics has shaped social theory and political thought in various contexts. His major research interests include the diffusion of rational choice theory in the human sciences and the reception of Enlightenment thought in politics and markets. Joel has previously held academic positions at the University of Cambridge and Queen Mary, University of London.
University of Chicago • Chicago, IL
Associate Professor in the Department of History with a focus on social thought and history.
Queen Mary, University of London • London
Lecturer in intellectual history, focusing on philosophy and its evolution.
University of Cambridge • Cambridge
Research fellow with a concentration on American and British social thought.
Department of Philosophy