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| Richard Avramenko (Ph.D. Georgetown, 2005) has taught both Political Science and Integrated Liberal Studies at the University of Wisconsin since the Fall of 2005. His main areas of interest are ancient and continental political thought, though he tends to pursue themes rather than specific thinkers or eras. He teaches courses on the History of Western Political Thought, Plato, Thucydides, Tocqueville's Democracy in America, politics and literature, the history of political economy, the romance of war, Nietzsche, Methods of Political Theory, or whatever strikes him as interesting. Avramenko has written articles on topics such as Plato, Dostoevsky, St. Augustine, Tocqueville, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Canadian identity politics. He has completed a book manuscript called Manly Courage: The Politics of Life and Limb, has co-edited a book on friendship (Friendship and Politics: Essays in Political Thought), and is currently writing about Alexis de Tocqueville and the shape of the democratic mind. When not pretending to think deep thoughts, Avramenko can be found marathon training around Lake Monona, biking a around the Capital City Crescent, drinking coffee at Barriques, golfing, SCUBA diving, or just generally being "a kaleidoscopic man, a man of many different humors, fair and colorful as the city itself" (Republic, Book VIII).
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