Chiara Cordelli

Chiara Cordelli
EducationUniversity of Rome "La Sapienza," BA Philosophy (2003) & MA Philosophy (2005), University College London, MA Human Rights (2006) & PhD Political Theory (2007-2011)
OccupationsPolitical philosopher and author
EmployerUniversity of Chicago (since 2015)
Known forThe Privatized State (2020), Princeton University Press

Privatocrazia (2022), Mondadori

Philanthropy in Democratic Societies (with Rob Reich and Lucy Bernholz) (2016), The University of Chicago Press.
Websitehttps://www.chiaracordelli.com/

Chiara Cordelli is a philosopher and a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago. Her work focuses on questions at the intersection of political philosophy and political economy, including the application of Kantian theory to the issues of philanthropy, privatization, and state legitimacy. Her first book, The Privatized State (2020), won the inaugural European Consortium for Political Research Political Theory Prize for best first English-language book of Political Theory. Her most recent work develops a critique of capitalism focused on its mode of investment and on social alienation.