RESEARCH PROFILE

Robert Fine's research interests include social and political thought; sociology of the Holocaust; and cosmopolitan social theory. He is convenor of the MA in Social and Political Thought. He teaches graduate modules on Social Theory and Politics, Sociology of the Holocaust and Critical and Deconstructive Social Theory, and an undergraduate module on the Sociology of the Modern State

His books include Democracy and the Rule of Law (republished in 2002), Political Investigations: Hegel, Marx, Arendt (2001), Being Stalked (1997), Beyond Apartheid: Labour and Liberation in South Africa (1991), He has co-edited Social Theory after the Holocaust (2000), People, Nation and State (1999), Policing the Miners' Strike 1985), and Capitalism and the Rule of Law (Hutchinson 1989).

He is currently engaged in research on cosmopolitan social theory and has an ESRC-funded project on humanitarian military intervention.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

There are no current research projects

Further Research Projects

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Prof Robert D Fine, Chernilo, D, (2011) 'Natural Law and Social Theory' Journal of Classical Sociology (1468-795X)
• Prof Robert D Fine (2010) 'Political Argument and the Legitimacy of International Law' in Legality and Legitimacy: Normative and Sociological Approaches, , New York: Nomos
• Fine R (2009) 'Cosmopolitanism and Human Rights: Radicalism in a Global Age' Metaphilosophy 40 (1), 8 - 23
• Prof Robert D Fine (2009) 'Fighting with Phantoms: A Contribution to the Debate on Anti-semitism in Europe' Patterns Of Prejudice 43 (5), 459 - 479 (0031-322X)
• Fine R (2009) 'An unfinished Project: Marx's Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right' in Karl Marx and Contemporary Philosophy, 105 - 120, Editors: Chitty A, McIvor M, Basingstoke: MacMillan

Further Publications