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Biografisk notat
Christopher F. Karpowitz is a professor of political science at Brigham Young University. He was director of the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at BYU. He is currently a co-editor of Political Behavior. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University. Kelly D. Patterson is a professor of political science at Brigham Young University. He has served as department chair, Director of the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at BYU, and as an associate dean in the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University.It is rare for scholars to define a significant new concept and demonstrate empirically that it explains prevalent and troubling aspects of politics. Karpowitz and Patterson have done exactly that with their new concept of "moral individualism," which must now become a focus for researchers and a concern of anyone who works to preserve the republic.
Peter Levine, Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship. Tufts University
Along with fairness and community, observers often invoke individualism to explain, or perhaps to celebrate or decry, the character of American politics. But these terms are essentially contested, and invoked more often than examined. Karpowitz and Patterson unravel the idea of individualism, finding the claim to moral autonomy at its core. That is an enormously productive concept; it illuminates stances from resistance to COVID vaccines to the power of "I have a dream".
Jennifer Hochschild, Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government and Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard University