Miguel Vatter

Miguel Vatter
OccupationsPhilosopher; Professor of Politics
Education
Alma materThe New School for Social Research (PhD)
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsDeakin University
LanguageEnglish; Spanish
Main interestsbiopolitics; political theology; Machiavelli; republicanism
Notable worksMachiavelli's The Prince: A Reader's Guide; The Republic of the Living: Biopolitics and the Critique of Civil Society; Living Law: Jewish Political Theology from Hermann Cohen to Hannah Arendt

Miguel Vatter is a political theorist and professor whose research spans biopolitics, political theology, the history of republican thought, and the intellectual history of modern political thought. He is a professor of Politics at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University, and has held appointments in Australia, the United States, and Chile.[1][2]

Books

  • Machiavelli's The Prince: A Reader's Guide (Bloomsbury Academic, 2013).[3]
  • The Republic of the Living: Biopolitics and the Critique of Civil Society (Fordham University Press, 2014).[4][5]
  • Living Law: Jewish Political Theology from Hermann Cohen to Hannah Arendt (Oxford University Press, 2021).[6][7]
  • (editor, with Vanessa Lemm) The Viral Politics of COVID-19: Nature, Home and Planetary Health (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022).[8]

References

  1. ^ "Miguel Vatter". Deakin Experts Profile.
  2. ^ "Prof. Dr. Miguel Vatter - Profile". Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
  3. ^ "Machiavelli's 'The Prince': A Reader's Guide". Bloomsbury.
  4. ^ "The Republic of the Living: Biopolitics and the Critique of Civil Society". Fordham University Press.
  5. ^ "Review of The Republic of the Living". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Retrieved 2025-11-26.
  6. ^ "Living Law: Jewish Political Theology from Hermann Cohen to Hannah Arendt". Oxford University Press.
  7. ^ Zank, Michael. "Review of Living Law". The Review of Politics.
  8. ^ "The Viral Politics of COVID-19: Nature, Home and Planetary Health". Palgrave Macmillan.