Stanley Hoffmann

Political Scientist

Contact Information

Phone (work): (617) 495-4303 x208; Room: 126
E-Mail (work): shhoffm@fas.harvard.edu

Biographical Statement

Former chairman of CES (1969-1994), Hoffmann is Buttenwieser University Professor at Harvard. His publications include Gulliver's Troubles (1968), Decline or Renewal? France Since the Thirties (1974), Primacy or World Order (1978), Duties Beyond Borders (1980), Janus and Minerva (1986), The European Sisyphus (1995), Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention (1996), World Disorders (1998), L'Amerique vraiment imperial? (2003), Gulliver Unbound (2004), and Chaos and Violence (2006). His most recent collaboration, Rousseau and Freedom, co-edited with Christie McDonald, was published in 2010. Ongoing projects include an upcoming book on the state of international relations and a book on the life and works of Albert Camus. Hoffmann is co-chair of the French Study Group and a member of the editorial board of French Politics, Culture and Society. He will be on leave in fall 2011.
Stanley Hoffmann