Lawrie Balfour

Lawrie Balfour
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
Philosophical work
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsUniversity of Virginia
Main interestsethics, political philosophy

Lawrie Balfour is an American philosopher and James Hart Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia.[1] She is known for her works on political theory.[2]

Balfour was the Editor of Political Theory: An International Journal of Political Philosophy between 2017 and 2021.[3] In 2020, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in American Literature.[4]

Books

  • Toni Morrison: Imagining Freedom, Oxford University Press, 2023
  • Democracy's Reconstruction: Thinking Politically with W.E.B. Du Bois, Oxford University Press, 2011
  • The Evidence of Things Not Said: James Baldwin and the Promise of American Democracy, Cornell University Press, 2000

References

  1. ^ "Guggenheim Fellowships: Supporting Artists, Scholars, & Scientists". www.gf.org.
  2. ^ Kirkland, Frank. "Democracy's Reconstruction: Thinking Politically with W.E.B. Du Bois". NDPR.
  3. ^ "Lawrie Balfour". Department of Politics.
  4. ^ "Lawrie Balfour". www.gf.org. Retrieved 2025-10-25.
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