William James Booth

William James Booth is a professor in the department of political science and in the department of philosophy at Vanderbilt University.
W. James Booth earned a PhD from Harvard University in 1982.

Selected publications

Communities of Memory. On Witness, Identity, and Justice, Cornell University Press, 2006,

"Maîtres chez nous: Some questions about culture and continuity. A response to Alan Patten's "Rethinking culture: the social lineage account." American Political Science Review 107
"From this Far Place: On Justice and Absence," American Political Science Review 105: 750–764.
"The Color of Memory: Reading Race with Ralph Ellison." Political Theory 36: 683–707.
"The Work of Memory: Time, Identity, and Justice." Social Research 75: 237–262.
Communities of Memory: On Witness, Identity, and Justice. New York: Cornell University Press, 2006.
"The Unforgotten. Memories of Justice." American Political Science Review 95: 777–791.
Foreigners: Insiders, Outsiders and the Ethics of Membership. Review of Politics 59:259-292