Greetings, Richard replies to comments! bw, Terrell
Do recipirents need to be living?
Yes - blame the example of Derrida as a potential recipient on the Academic Director's
dying grey matter and the fact that the late French philosopher is very much a living
presence in Essex these days, with a one day workshop devoted to him involving
Simon Critichley, Tom Baldwin and Ernesto Laclau scheduled for 6 May .
Must the recipient be either European or living in Europe?
No, but they should have contributed in some way to the study of things European
and/or the development of political science broadly conceived in Europe. For example,
were they living, the late Judith Shklar would qualify as someone who had made major
contributions to the study of European political thought, but her former colleague
the late John Rawls would not - notwithstanding his undoubted influence on many
European political philosophers/theorists.
Were any of the examples I (clearly misguidedly) gave intended to indicate the sort
of approach, gender or any other quality other than an intellectual contribution
to European political science of the kind described above as being criteria for
the prize?
No, of course not. My sole intention was to indicate that political theorists/philosophers
of any school, nationality etc.. who had made what could plausibly be claimed was
an outstanding intellectual contribution to European political science were eligible.
The ECPR is sometimes wrongly identified with a somewhat narrow reading of political
science, I simply wanted to stress that was not the case.
Professor Richard Bellamy
Academic Director ECPR
Co-editor CRISPP
Department of Government
University of Essex
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