Corey Robin

Corey Robin is an American liberal political theorist, journalist and professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College. Despite being a progressive, he devoted his scholarly attention to the study of the contemporary forms of american conservatism and neoconservatism, as well as of the difficulties of both the liberals and the New Left in dealing with American supremacy, after the end of the Cold War. Robin’s articles have appeared in many reviews and leading newspapers, including: American Political Science Review, Social Research, Theory and Event, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The London Review of Books, The Nation and Dissent. He is the author of a book on the political meanings of fear, published by Oxford University Press [1].

Further reading

• Corey Robin, Fear: The History of a Political Idea, New York & London, Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 0195157028
• Corey Robin, The Ex-Cons: Right-Wing Thinkers Go Left!, in: Lingua Franca, January 2001, pp. 24-33.
• Corey Robin, The Fear of the Liberals, in: The Nation, September 26, 2005.
• Jonah Goldberg, Ex-Conservatives & Other Silly Folk: An Over-Hyped, Overdone Story, in: National Review Online, January 24, 2001. An answer to "The Ex-Cons".