Conal Condren

Conal Condren

Honorary Professor Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities; Emeritus Scientia Professor University of New South Wales.

He works both as a political philosopher and intellectual historian. Chronologically his work has ranged from the 14th to the 18th centuries and within this period he has concentrated mainly on persons and problems seen as raising broader issues. He has developed his own approach to the nature and study of intellectual history requiring the integration of materials beyond the boundaries of “politics” or “theory” and the layering of different types of context. His work has continuity of theme and places emphasis on pragmatics (word use and change) and historical interpretation. He has also published in non-historical areas of political theory/philosophy: one major work was largely taken up with the logical analysis of interpretative concepts. 

Academic Myth and the Political Origins of a Concept.