Spyridon Tegos

Visiting Scholar
Philosopher
Panteion University, Athens, Greece

Contact Information
Phone: (617) 495-4303
E-Mail: stegos@fas.harvard.edu




Biographical Statement

Tegos teaches political theory in the master's program at Panteion University, Athens, Greece. His background is in moral and political philosophy. His PhD dissertation is an analysis of the concepts of sympathy and friendship as far as they play a key role in the foundation of political economy and have led philosophers to think in an original way about the transition from ethics to economics. His other research interests relate to the French "Rousseauiste" tradition of social ties as emotional ties based on compassion, and of cosmopolitanism as a common though problematic background of the European Enlightenment. He is currently working on a comparative study of economic and social sentiments, shaped by the transition from the liberal tradition of "sympathy" to the more "conservative" concept of solidarity, a key concept of the French sociological tradition. Tegos will be in residence at CES from January to June of 2007.