Dr David Runciman is Professor in Political Thought in the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at Cambridge University. His special areas of interest are the history of ideas and the connection between political theory and contemporary politics. He is a recipient of a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship award to work on a project about how democracies cope with disasters. He is the author of The Politics of Good Intentions (Princeton, 2006) The Mask of Power: Politics and Hypocrisy from Hobbes to Orwell (Princeton, 2008) and his latest book The Confidence Trap: A History of Democracy in Crisis from World War 1 to the Present (Princeton 2013) He writes widely about politics in a number of different national publications, including the Financial Times and is a regular reviewer for the London Review of Books. He has also written extensively about the politics and finances of sport. In 2007 he was short-listed for the David Watt Prize for political journalism. |
Political Hypocrisy The Mask of Power from Hobbes to Orwell and Beyond (Princeton, 2008)
The Politics of Good Intentions: History, Fear and Hypocrisy in the New World Order (Princeton, 2006)
Judge rule: is the law taking over politics?
"Although 'battle' suggests destruction, these were some of the most constructive debates I've taken part in. This was civilised conflict in the best sense of both words."
Julian Baggini, author, Welcome to Everytown: A Journey into the English Mind, and The Ego Trick