Margaret (Peggy) Kohn

Margaret (Peggy) Kohn

First Name: 
Margaret (Peggy)
Last Name: 
Kohn
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Professor, Tri-campus Graduate Chair
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416-287-7308
Biography : 

Margaret's research interests are in the areas of the history of political thought, critical theory, social justice, and urbanism. Her most recent book The Death and Life of the Urban Commonwealth was published by Oxford University Press (2016). She is the author of Radical Space: Building the House of the People (Cornell University Press 2003), and Brave New Neighborhoods: The Privatization of Public Space (Routledge 2004) and Political Theories of Decolonization (with Keally McBride, Oxford University Press, 2011). Her articles have appeared in such journals as Political Theory, Journal of Politics, Polity, Dissent, Constellations, Theory & Event, and Philosophy and Social Criticism.

Education: 
MESc, Williams College
MA, Cornell University
PhD, Cornell University

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Areas of Interest: 
  • Urban Theory
  • Social Justice
  • Contemporary Political Thought
Other Website: 
UTSC Department of Political Science: 
https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/polisci/margaret-kohn

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