Chandran Kukathas

Chandran Kukathas
Born	12 September 1957(1957-09-12)(age66) The Federation of Malaya
Alma mater	Australian National University University of New South Wales University of Oxford
Occupation	Political theorist
Employer	London School of Economics

Chandran Kukathas(born 12 September 1957) is a Malaysian-born Australian political theorist and the author of several books. Until 2019 he was Head of the Department of Government at theLondon School of Economics,where he held a Chair in Political Theory.

Early life

Chandran Kukathas was born on 12 September 1957 inThe Federation of Malayawhich later became a part ofMalaysia.He obtained aBAinHistoryandPolitical SciencefromAustralian National Universityand anMAinPoliticsfromUniversity of New South Wales.He earned hisDPhilin Politics from theUniversity of Oxford,where he cofounded theOxford Hayek Society.

Career

Kukathas has taught at the Australian Defence Force Academy campus of theUniversity of New South Wales,the University of Oxford, and theAustralian National University.He was the 1986–87 R.C. Hoiles Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Humane Studies atGeorge Mason University.He was, from 2003 to 2007, the Neal A. Maxwell Professor of Political Theory, Public Policy and Public Service in the Department of Political Science at theUniversity of Utah.He has held visiting positions at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State University (1991) and the Murphy Institute, Tulane University (2003). He has also been a visiting professor in the departments of Political Science and Philosophy at theNational University of Singapore.

Kukathas holds a chair in Political Theory in the Department of Government at theLondon School of Economics.He serves on the advisory board of theInstitute of Economic Affairs.

Kukathas supports a radically minimalist form of political liberalism, where there are multiple forms of authority, each of which is legitimate.

Bibliography

• Kukathas, Chandran (1989).Hayek and Modern Liberalism.Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.ISBN9780198273264.OCLC19325329.
• Kukathas, Chandran; Pettit, Phillip (1990).Rawls: A Theory of Justice and Its Critics.Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.ISBN9780804717687.OCLC23017999.
• Kukathas, Chandran (2003).The Liberal Archipelago: A Theory of Diversity and Freedom.Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.ISBN9780199257546.OCLC60561912.
• Kukathas, Chandran (2021).Immigration and Freedom.Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.ISBN9780691189680.OCLC1256433970.