Jason Blakely

Biography

Jason Blakely is a political philosopher and Professor of Political Science. The author of widely-read books—such as We Built Reality and Lost in Ideology—his essays have also been featured in major public venues like The Atlantic and Harper's Magazine.

Writing on a broad range of topics in contemporary political theory—from ideology and scientific expertise to utopianism and religion—Blakely has been called “our finest critic of misplaced appeals to scientific authority in political life.” He has delivered talks across the United States and in Europe and his writings have been translated into Spanish, Chinese, and Polish.

At Pepperdine, Professor Blakely enjoys regularly offering political philosophy courses on: ideology; ancient Greek political thought; secularity and disenchantment; Christian political theology; Shakespeare and politics; and more.

For a current CV and a full list of publications please see his Academia.edu page.

Links to his articles are also available via Google Scholar.