David Moreno
David Moreno
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Division of General Studies and International Studies
Department of General Studies
David Moreno
David Moreno
Full time professor
David Moreno Guinea holds a B.A. in Political Science from ITAM, a B.A. and an M.A. in Classics from UNAM, and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Political Philosophy from the University of Dallas. At ITAM he has taught courses on the history of Political and Social Ideas and Institutions, of Problems of Contemporary Civilization, Classical Political Theory, and Political Philosophy and Tyranny. His academic work is centered on the nexus between political philosophy and the concept of tyranny in Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle and Machiavelli, and on Leo Strauss’s critical reading of them.
Academic Studies
BA Political Science, ITAM
BA Classics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
MA Classics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
MA Political Philosophy, University of Dallas, USA
PhD Political Philosophy, University of Dallas, USA
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Topics of Interest
- Political philosophy and the concept of tyranny (Xenophon// Plato// Machiavelli// Hobbes)
- Leo Strauss
- Carl Schmitt