Daniel Rothbart is a Professor of Conflict Analysis at the Institute of Conflict Analysis and Resolution and a Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at George Mason University. His book, Identity, Morality, and Threat: Studies in Violent Conflict (co-edited with Karina Korostelina), reflects his most recent research regarding identity and conflict. In addition to extensive contributions to leading interdisciplinary journals, he has published Explaining the Growth of Scientific Knowledge: Metaphors, Models, and Meanings as well as Philosophical Instruments: Minds and Tools at Work. He has edited Science, Reason and Reality and Modeling: Gateway to the Unknown. One of several published book chapters include “Social Justice and Indigenous Identities” (Social Justice, Vol. 6. No. 1, 2006). Currently, Dr. Rothbart is working on two books: The Enemy and the Innocent of Violent Conflicts and When Practice Works: Stories from the Field of Conflict Resolution.
Professor Rothbart earned a Ph. D. at Washington University, St. Louis. In addition to his positions at George Mason University, he was Visiting Research Scholar at Linacre College, Oxford (Summer 2000), Dartmouth College (Summer 1994), and University of Cambridge (Summer 1990). Among many professional contributions to George Mason University, Dr. Rothbart served as Chair for the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies from 1995 to 1996. He has developed and taught numerous classes at GMU including Philosophy, Science and Society (Phil 591), Philosophical Foundations of Science (Phil 560), Seminar in the Ethics of Health Care (Phil 610/NURS 660), and Technology and Society (PAGE 252).
Dr. Rothbart has received many awards for his work. Most recently he won the ICAR Faculty Research Award (2007), Office of the Provost Excellence in Teaching Award (2000), and the Fenwick Fellowship Award (2000). Currently, Dr. Rothbart serves on the editorial boards for Online Journal of Issues in Nursing and Foundations of Chemistry: Philosophical and Historical Studies in Chemistry. He is also a member of the Scientific Board for Hyle: An International Journal in the Philosophy of Chemistry.
Courses
Philosophy, Conflict Theory, and Violence
Positioning Theory and Protracted Conflict (team-taught)
The Enemy and the Innocent in Violent Conflicts
Philosophy and Conflict Research
Research and Inquiry in Conflict Resolution
Conceptions of Practice
Ethics of Practice
Selected Publications
Book:
Co-edited, Identity, Morality, and Threat: Studies in Violent Conflict, Lexington Books: 2006.
Book Chapters and Articles:
"The Enemy and the Innocent of Violent Conflict," (co-authored) in Conflict Resolution: Core Concepts, Theories, Approaches and Practices, Sean Byrne, Dennis Sandole, Jessica Senehi, and Ingrid Staroste-Sandole, Eds., Routledge Press, forthcoming.
“Rwandan Radio Broadcasts and Hutu/Tutsi Positioning” (Co-authored) in Global Conflict Resolution through Positioning Theory, Edited by Fathali M. Moghaddam and Rom Harré, Springer (New York), forthcoming.
“Causation as a Core Concept in Conflict Analysis” (co-authored) in Conflict Resolution: Core Concepts, Theories, Approaches and Practices, Sean Byrne, Dennis Sandole, Jessica Senehi, and Ingrid Staroste-Sandole, Eds., Routledge Press, forthcoming.
“Social Justice and Indigenous Identities,” Social Justice, Vol. 6. No. 1 (2006): 98-112
“Moral Denigration of the Other” (co-authored) in Identity, Morality, and Threat: Studies in Violent Conflict Lexington Books: 2006.
“Good Violence and the Myth of the Eternal Soldier” (co-authored) in Identity, Morality, and Threat: Studies in Violent Conflict Lexington Books: 2006.
Identity, Morality and Threat
