Moulakis, Athanasios

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MOULAKIS, Athanasios

MOULAKIS, Athanasios. Greek, b. 1945. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Education, History. Career: Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany, assistant professor of political philosophy, 1969-77; University of London, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, England, lecturer in political philosophy, 1977-79; European University Institute, Florence, Italy, professor of political philosophy and department head, 1979-86; University of Colorado, Boulder, Herbst Professor of Humanities, 1989- 2000; Institute for Mediterranean Studies, University of Lugano, Switzerland, director, 2000-. Harvard University, distinguished lecturer; American School in Florence, vice-chairperson of board of advisers. Publications: Homonoia, 1973; Simone Weil: Die Politik der Askese, 1981; Beyond Utility: Liberal Education for a Technological Age, 1994; Realist Constitutionalism in Renaissance Florence, 1998; Simone Weil and the Politics of SelfDenial, 1998. EDITOR: Legitimacy, 1986; The Promise of History, 1986; E. Voegelin, History of Political Ideas, vol. I, 1998; E. Voegelin, Order and History, vol. II, The World of the Polis, 1999. Address: Institute for Mediterranean Studies, University of Lugano, Via Lambertenghi, CH 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.