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D.J.M.S. (David) Janssens


Assistant Professor

Tilburg School of Humanities
Department of Philosophy

 

Expertise

Philosophy of Law - Political Philosophy

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Publications

Most recent publications

  • Janssens, D. (2013). Canine Conundrum: The Pantheism controversy and the crisis of secularism. In C. Nadon (Ed.), Enlightenment and secularism: Essays on the mobilization of reason (pp. 299-314). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. Further information
  • Janssens, D. (2012). Fishing for philosophers: Strauss's "restatement" on the art of writing. In F. Major (Ed.), Leo Strauss's defense of the philosophical life: Reading what is political philosophy? (pp. 153-172). Chicago: University of Chicago. Further information
  • Janssens, D. (2012). Violent grace: The theologico-political problem in ancient poetry and philosophy. In P. Armada, A. Gornisiewicz, & K. Matuszek (Eds.), The problem of political theology (pp. 29-43). Wydawnictwo WAM. Further information
  • Janssens, D. (2010). Les habits anciens du philosophe: Poésie, philosophie et art d'crire. Revue philosophique de Louvain, 108(3), 477-498. Further information
  • Janssens, D. (2010). The philosopher's ancient clothes: Leo Strauss on philosophy and poetry. In P. Armada & A. Grnisiewicz (Eds.), Modernity and what has been lost: Considerations on the legacy of Leo Strauss (pp. 53-71). South Bend, Indiana: St. Augustine's Press. Further information

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Education

ˇ PhD in Philosophy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, April 24, 1998, summa cum laude. Title of dissertation: Politics, Transcendence, and History: Leo Strauss and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy (Politiek, transcendentie en geschiedenis: Leo Strauss en de crisis van de liberale democratie).

ˇ Doctoral Training Program, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, completed April 24, 1998.

ˇ Special MA in Philosophy (Licence spéciale en philosophie et culture), Université Libre de Bruxelles, October 1994, summa cum laude.

ˇ MA in Philosophy (Licentiaat in de wijsbegeerte), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, July 1993, summa cum laude.

Career

ˇ Assistant Professor in Legal Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, Tilburg University (Universiteit van Tilburg), from 1 January 2001 - present.

ˇ Postdoctoral Fellow of the Committee on Social Thought and the John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy, University of Chicago: Winter Quarter (Jan.- Mar.) 1999.

ˇ Postdoctoral Fellow of the Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders, from October 1998 to October 2001. Research project: "Moderniteit en onttovering: het filosofische debat over de secularisering in Duitsland tussen 1920 en 1975" (Modernity and Disenchantment: the Philosophical Debate on Secularization in Germany between 1920 and 1975).

ˇ Research Assistant of the Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders, from October 1994 to October 1998. Research project: "Politiek, transcendentie en geschiedenis: Leo Strauss en de crisis van de liberale democratie" (Politics, Transcendence, and History: Leo Strauss and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy).

Publications

Most recent publications

  • Janssens, D. (2013). Canine Conundrum: The Pantheism controversy and the crisis of secularism. In C. Nadon (Ed.), Enlightenment and secularism: Essays on the mobilization of reason (pp. 299-314). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. Further information
  • Janssens, D. (2012). Fishing for philosophers: Strauss's "restatement" on the art of writing. In F. Major (Ed.), Leo Strauss's defense of the philosophical life: Reading what is political philosophy? (pp. 153-172). Chicago: University of Chicago. Further information
  • Janssens, D. (2012). Violent grace: The theologico-political problem in ancient poetry and philosophy. In P. Armada, A. Gornisiewicz, & K. Matuszek (Eds.), The problem of political theology (pp. 29-43). Wydawnictwo WAM. Further information
  • Janssens, D. (2010). Les habits anciens du philosophe: Poésie, philosophie et art d'crire. Revue philosophique de Louvain, 108(3), 477-498. Further information
  • Janssens, D. (2010). The philosopher's ancient clothes: Leo Strauss on philosophy and poetry. In P. Armada & A. Grnisiewicz (Eds.), Modernity and what has been lost: Considerations on the legacy of Leo Strauss (pp. 53-71). South Bend, Indiana: St. Augustine's Press. Further information

Click here for the complete list of publications (Tilburg University Repository Publications only)

Projects

Sovereignty and Representation

 

Teaching


D.J.M.S. (David) Janssens teaches the following subjects:

Other activities

- Member of the Advisory Board of the Leo Strauss Center at The University of Chicago ( http://leostrausscenter.uchicago.edu/).

- Corresponding Member of the Fondazione San Carlo, Modena (http://www.fondazionesancarlo.it).

Contact details
Room D 112
PO Box 90153
5000 LE Tilburg 
Phone+31 13 466 2709
Secretary+31 13 466 2773
Fax +31 13 466 2892

Assistant Professor
Tilburg School of Humanities
Department of Philosophy

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