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Timothy W. Burns

Timothy W. Burns is a professor of political science at Baylor University. For the 2022–2023 academic year, he was a John and Daria Barry Visiting Research Scholar at Princeton University. His most recent book is Leo Strauss on Democracy, Technology, and Liberal Education. He is also the author of Shakespeare’s Political Wisdom, co-author (with Thomas L. Pangle) of Introduction to Political Philosophy, and editor or co-editor of five volumes of essays. He co-edits Palgrave MacMillan’s ‘Recovering Political Philosophy’ series, and is editor-in-chief of Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy.
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