Utz McKnight
Professor
- utz.mcknight@ua.edu
- ten Hoor Hall
Education
- PhD, Lund University, Sweden, 1996
- BA, Swarthmore College, 1986
Research Areas
- Political Theory
About
Office Hours
By Appointment Only
Research Interests
Dr. McKnight’s current research considers the importance of theoretical work on sovereignty, the state, and politics. He is interested in how race is used to describe social communities in the US. His next research project will focus on the theoretical description of racial violence, the irruption of sovereignty, and the politics of race after Obama.
Selected Publications
- Race and the Politics of the Exception: Equality, Sovereignty, and American Democracy (Routledge Press, 2013).
- The Everyday Practice of Race in America: Ambiguous Privilege (Routledge Press, 2010).
- Political Liberalism and the Politics of Race (Lund University Press, 1996).