Alexis Carré

Alexis Carré is assistant professor of political theory at the School of Civic Leadership. His work examines the philosophical groundings of liberal democracy as the permanence of war puts them to the test. His broader research interests include modern instantiations of classical political thought, radical critiques of liberal democracy, the political thought of Pierre Manent, and military theory. 

His dissertation, “War and Law: The Refounding of Liberalism Against the Conservative Revolution in Leo Strauss and Raymond Aron,” received the 2021 Raymond Aron Prize for Research. In that work, he explores how Leo Strauss’s and Raymond Aron’s responses to radical critiques of liberal political thought led them toward a rediscovery of classical political thought. He carried out postdoctoral research at Princeton, Harvard, and the University of Texas at Austin. 

Education 

MA in political science, Sciences Po Lille
MA in philosophy, University of Lille III
MA in political studies, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
PhD in philosophy, École Normale Supérieure