Andrew Arato
Andras Arato | |
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| Born | Arató András 22 August 1944 |
| Awards | Honorary Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, Distinguished Fulbright Professor at the Goethe University Frankfurt |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago, Queens College |
| Doctoral advisor | Leonard Krieger, William H. McNeill |
| Influences | Georg Lukács, Jürgen Habermas, Ágnes Heller |
| Academic work | |
| School or tradition | Budapest School Critical theory |
| Main interests | History of political thought, civil society, political theory, democratic theory, legal and constitutional theory |
| Notable works | Civil Society and Political Theory |
Andrew Arato (Hungarian: Arató András [ˈɒrɒtoː ˈɒndraːʃ]; born 22 August 1944) is a critical theorist and a professor of Political and Social Theory in the Department of Sociology at The New School. He is best known for his influential book Civil Society and Political Theory, coauthored with Jean L. Cohen. He is also known for his work on critical theory and constitutions and was from 1994 to 2014 co-editor of the journal Constellations with Nancy Fraser and Nadia Urbinati.