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Charles Blattberg (born 1967 in Toronto , Canada ) is a professor of political philosophy at the Université De Montréal .

Blattberg grew up in Toronto and studied towards his undergraduate degree at the University Of Toronto . In 1989 , he was elected to serve and represent the university’s over 30,000 undergraduates as president of its Students’ Administrative Council. Between 1990-92, he attended McGill University where he received an MA studying under the philosopher Charles Taylor. He then went to England and France and was awarded a DEA from the Sorbonne (Université de Paris I) in 1996 and his doctorate the following year from the University Of Oxford , where he did his research under Profs. Michael Freeden and Sir Isaiah Berlin . This was followed by two years of post-doctoral research at the Hebrew University Of Jerusalem and the Ben-Gurion University Of The Negev , and then one year as an Assistant Professor of Political Philosophy, Tel Aviv University . He has been teaching political philosophy at the Université De Montréal since 2000 . Currently, he is a Lady Davis Visiting Professor at the Hebrew University Of Jerusalem .

He has written two books:

  • ''From Pluralist to Patriotic Politics: Putting Practice First'', Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-19-829688-6.


  • ''Shall We Dance? A Patriotic Politics for Canada'', Montreal and Kingston: McGill Queen's University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-7735-2547-5 (cloth). ISBN 0-7735-2596-3 (pbk). Translation: ''Et si nous dansions? Pour une politique du bien commun au Canada'', Montreal: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 2004. ISBN 2-7606-1948-6.




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