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Dr. Fraser (Barry) Cooper

PhD

Contact information

Phone number

Office 403 220 5764: +1 (403) 220-5764

Background

Educational Background

B.A. Political Science, University of British Columbia, 1964

Doctor of Philosophy Political Science, Duke University, 1968

M.A. Political Science, Duke University, 1966

Research

Areas of Research

Western Political Philosophy

With a special focus on the works of Eric Voegelin

Canadian Public Policy
Media and Politics
War, Ethics, and Interpretation

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
POLI 413 LEC 01 01 Politics And Literature 2020

Awards

  • Alberta Centennial Medal, 2005
  • Donner Prize, 2004
  • Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 1993
  • Killam Research Fellowship, 1993
  • Konrad Adenauer Award, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, 1991
  • Distinguished Teachers Award, 1989
  • Senior Fellow, Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy. 2023
  • Barstow Lectureship, 2007
  • Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung. 2012
  • Chair, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Policy, Frontier Centre for Public Policy. 2015

Publications

  • Hans Kelsen and Eric Voegelin: The History of a Divergence. Barry Cooper. The Political Science Reviewer. 61-91. (2023)
  • Socratic Method and Existence. Fraser (Barry) Barry Cooper. Routledge. 22-34. (2018)
  • Consciousness and Politics: From Analysis to Meditation in the late work of Eric Voegelin. Fraser (Barry) Barry Cooper. St Augustine's Press. 396. (2018)
  • Paleolithic Politics: The Human Community in Early Art. University of Notre Dame Press. 448. (2020)
  • COVID-19: The Politics of a Pandemic Moral Panic. Marco Navarro-Genie. Frontier Centre/Haultain Institute. 145. (2021)
  • Voegelin, Lector de Aristotles. Buenos Aires, Katz. 337-59. (2019)
  • Challenges to Western Independence. Moment of Truth, ed Mintz, Morton and Flanagan. 217-35. (2020)