Patrick
Deneen

Patrick J. Deneen is a Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. From 1997-2005 he was Assistant Professor of Politics at Princeton University. From 2005-2012 he was Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Associate Professor of Government at Georgetown University. He is the author and editor of several books and numerous articles and reviews and has delivered invited lectures around the world.

His teaching and writing interests focus on the history of political thought, American political thought, liberalism, conservatism, and constitutionalism.

His widely-discussed 2018 book, Why Liberalism Failed, has been translated into over twenty languages and was praised by former President Barack Obama. His 2023 book, Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future has been widely cited and debated by figures across the “New Right” movement, and praised by then-Senator JD Vance.