
Yr Athro David Boucher
Professor of Political Philosophy and International Relations
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My research interests include Modern Political Theory, History of Political Thought, Theory of International Relations, Human Rights, Collingwood and British Idealism, and Popular Culture. I am professor of political philosophy and international relations, and Director of the Collingwood and British Idealism Centre at Cardiff University. I have previously held visiting fellowships and professorships at the Australian National University; Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand; The National Sun Yat Sen University, Taiwan; and Oxford University. I am a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences; the Royal Historical Society; and the Learned Society of Wales, on whose Council I serve. In 2017 I became the Vice-President for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences of teh Learned Society of Wales. I am also a Distingusihed Visting Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Johannesburg 2016-2020.
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Positions within the School
Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor for Staffing and Diversity, 2010-12. Inaugural Director of the Graduate School in Humanities, 2005-8; Became Head of School 2009-12; Acting Head of School 2008-2009; Assistant Head of School Research 2000-2008; Director of the Collingwood and British Idealism Centre; and, Adjunct professor of International Relations, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia; Senior Research Associate, and later Distinguished Visiting Professor University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He was the founding Director of the Graduate School in Humanities at Cardiff.
Career profile
David Boucher studied at the University of Wales, Swansea, The London School of Economics and Liverpool University. He was a tutorial fellow at Cardiff, 1980-83, and a lecturer, 1983-4. He was a lecturer/senior lecturer at La Trobe University Melbourne, a research fellow, and senior lecturer at the Australian National University, and professor of politics at University of Wales Swansea, before returning to Cardiff in 2000 as a Professorial Fellow. He is currently professor of political theory and international relations, adjunct professor of international relations, University of the Sunshine Coast, Senior Research Associate and Distinguished Visiting Fellow, University of Johannesburg, and Director of the Collingwood and British Idealism Centre since 1993.
Anrhydeddau a Dyfarniadau
- The Edwin Drew Prize in Public Administration. Awarded at University College, Swansea, 1975.
Nuffield Foundation grant to study the unpublished papers of R. G. Collingwood. October, 1984-December, 1984. - La Trobe University, School of Social Sciences Research Grant to Study the Papers of R. G. Collingwood, January-February, 1986. $4000.
- La Trobe University, School of Social Sciences Research Grant to Study the Papers of R.G. Collingwood, August 1987. $4000. (Published as The Social and Political Thought of R. G. Collingwood, C.U.P. 1989).
- Contributor to Studies in Historical Change New Literary History the winner of the Best Special Issue award from the Conference of Editors of Learned Journals for the year 1987.
- La Trobe University, School of Social Sciences Research Grant to Study Unpublished Papers of Sir Henry Jones, July-Dec. 1988. $2000. (Book completed with Andrew Vincent).
- Research School of Social Sciences, A.N.U. $5000, 1989 to work on the unpublished papers of R. G. Collingwood (Published as R. G. Collingwood, Essays in Political Philosophy O.U.P. 1989).
- Research School of Social Sciences, A. N. U. $2000, 1989 to attend the R. G. Collingwood Centenary Conference, Trent University, Canada, and to work in Toronto Public Library on reports of Henry Jonesí visit to Canada.
- The Faculties Research Grants Committee, A.N.U. $4,500 1990 to work on papers relating to Henry Jones, Oxford, Cardiff, and North Wales September 1990 (With Andrew Vincent. Published by University of Wales Press and St Martinís Press, 1993).
- December 1992: £1000 performance related payment, University College, Swansea.
- July 1993-98: £30,000 awarded by Industrial Plastics Incorporated, Oregon with continuing annual support of £20,000 for the establishment and running of the Collingwood Centre at University of Wales Swansea.
- March 1994: £800 awarded by the British Academy for the R. G. Collingwood Conference, 4-6 July, St. Catherineís College, Oxford.
- August 1994: £12,000 grant from Industrial Plastics Inc., Oregon to work in Oxford during the Michaelmas and Hilary Terms, 1995-6 on British Idealist Political Philosophy.
- March 1997: £1,000 awarded by the British Academy for the R. G. Collingwood Conference, 9-12 July, 1997.
- May 1998: Nuffield Foundation. £4,100 to conduct research in Australia, Oxford and London on the extension of the moral community in British Idealist and modern political philosophy.
- May 1998: British Academy. £1,100 to study the papers of John Watson in Canada.
- September 1999-2002: £6,300 per annum for the Collingwood centre from Teresa Smith, Collingwoodís daughter.
- January 2000: £6,700 (with Andrew Vincent), British Idealism and modern politics. AHRB.
- Oct-Dec, 2001: Visiting Fellow, Institute for Cultural and Social Anthropology, Oxford.
- February 2002: £4,200 AHRB for Politics, Poetry and Protest.
- March – June 2003: Visiting Professorial Fellow, Department of Politics and the National Centre for the Study of Europe, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
- August 2004: Society for the History of Philosophy and Centre Study of Scottish Philosophy Plenary Lecture on Scottish Idealism.
- February 2005: Elected Senior Research Fellow of the Centre Study of Scottish Philosophy, Aberdeen University.
- Leverhulme Fellowship, 2007: £18,500 to complete Natural Law, Natural Rights and Human Rights in Transition.
- Special projects Political Studies Associations grants 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012.
- Professorial Fellow, January, 2010, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaoshiung, Taiwan.
- Elected an Academician of the Social Sciences, AcSS, March, 2010
- Elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales, FLSW, March 2011.
- Elected a member of Council, Learned Society of Wales, 2012.
- Vice-President, Learned Society of Wales, 2017-2020.
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
- Member of The Political Studies Association of the UK
- Member of the International Studies Association
- Fellow of the Royal HIsotical Society
- Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
- Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
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SCOLAR Steering Group
Department Director of Research and Strategy Group Member.
Referee for Political Studies; History of Political Thought; Polity; Journal of the History of Ideas; Interpretation; Journal of the History of Philosophy, Oxford Review of Education, Contemporary Political Theory and Review of International Studies; Contemporary Political Theory; European Journal of Political Theory; British Journal of Politics and International Relations
- Referee for Cambridge University Press, Australia Ltd. and U.K.; Oxford University Press, Great Britain and Australia; Routledge; Palgrave; Penn State University Press; Wales University Press Blackwells; Martinus Nijhoff, Westview Press; Edinburgh University Press.
- Examiner of Ph.D. theses.
- External Examiner for Nottingham Trent University 1997-2000; University of the West of England 1997-2001; Queen’s University, Belfast, 2007-; Lancaster University, 2007-date.
- Member of the Editorial Board of The Australian Journal of Political Science, 1990-1992. Contemporary Political Theory, 2002-date.
- Series Editor: British Idealism Studies: Collingwood, Imprint Academic.
- Member of the O.U.P. Committee to oversee the publication of the R. G. Collingwood papers. (With Teresa Collingwood Smith, Professors W. H. Dray, Leon Pompa, W. J. van der Dussen and Rex Martin).
- Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Collingwood Society, 1993-date.
- Director of Collingwood and British Idealism Centre, Cardiff University, 1993
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2022
- Boucher, D. 2022. Apologia for poetry and the art of conversation. Cosmos + Taxis 10(7+8), pp. 50-61.
2020
- Boucher, D. 2020. British idealism, imperialism and the Boer War. History of Political Thought 41(2), pp. 325-348.
2019
- Boucher, D. 2019. Reclaiming history: Dehumanization and the failure of decolonization. International Journal of Social Economics 46(11), pp. 1250-1263. (10.1108/IJSE-03-2019-0151)
- Boucher, D. 2019. David George Ritchie: International Relations and the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). Collingwood and British Idealism Studies 25(2), pp. 283-314.
2018
- Boucher, D. 2018. ‘Sane’ and ‘insane’ imperialism: British idealism, new liberalism and liberal imperialism. History of European Ideas 44(8), pp. 1189-1204. (10.1080/01916599.2018.1509226)
- Boucher, D. 2018. Idealisation and the agents of change. Good Society 26(1), pp. 19-33., article number: 698350. (10.5325/goodsociety.26.1.0019)
- Boucher, D. 2018. Appropriating Hobbes: Legacies in political, legal, and international thought. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (10.1093/oso/9780198817215.001.0001)
- Boucher, D. 2018. History of international thought: text in context. In: Brown, C. and Eckersley, R. eds. Oxford Handbook of International Political Theory. Oxford Handbooks Oxford University Press, pp. 21-34.
- Boucher, D. 2018. Cultural incomprehension and the tragic sense of life. In: Albert, M. and Lang, A. eds. The Politics of International Political Theory. Palgrave Macmillan
2017
- Boucher, D. and Boisen, C. 2017. Medieval and Early Modern legacy of rights. In: Bain, W. ed. Medieval Foundations of International Relations. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 148-165.
- Boucher, D. 2017. The depoliticisation of politics: crisis and critique in Oakeshott, Schmitt and Koselleck. In: O'Sullivan, N. ed. Oakeshott?s place in contemporary Western and non-Western thought. Imprint Academic, pp. 107-122.
2016
- Boucher, D. 2016. Invoking a world of ideas: theory and interpretation in the justification of colonialism. Theoria 63(147), pp. 6-24. (10.3167/th.2016.6314702)
- Boucher, D. 2016. Barbarism and Barbarians. In: MacKenzie, J. M. ed. The Encyclopedia of Empire, First Edition. John Wiley and Sons, pp. 1-6., (10.1002/9781118455074.wbeoe143)
- Boucher, D. 2016. The limits of Distributive Justice: a brief exploration of restorative justice. In: Boisen, C. and Murray, M. C. eds. Distributive Justice: Debates in Social and Political Thought. Routledge, pp. ix-xxvii.
- Boucher, D. 2016. The dangers of dependence: Sultan's conversation with his master Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). In: Lebow, R. N., Schouten, P. and Suganami, H. eds. The Return of the Theorists: Dialogues with Great Thinkers in International Relations. Palgrave, pp. 91-98.
- Boucher, D. 2016. The price of fame: Bob Dylan, the Beats and Dylan Thomas. Symbiosis: A Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations 20(1), pp. 75-90.
- Boucher, D. and Boisen, C. 2016. The Medieval and early modern legacy of rights: The rights to punish and to property. In: Bain, W. ed. The Medieval Contribution to Thought in International Relations. Routledge, pp. 149-165.
2015
- Boucher, D. 2015. Schmitt, Oakeshott and the Hobbessian legacy in the crisis of our times. In: Dyzenhaus, D. and Poole, T. eds. Law, Liberty and State: Oakeshott, Hayek and Schmitt on the Rule of Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 123-152.
- Boucher, D. 2015. The Scottish contribution to British idealism and the reception of Hegel. In: Graham, G. ed. Scottish Philosophy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. History Of Scottish Philosophy Oxford University Press, pp. 154-181.
- Boucher, D. 2015. Hobbes's contribution to international thought, and the contribution of international thought to Hobbes. History of European Ideas 41(1), pp. 29-48.
2014
- Boucher, D. 2014. What's in a name? Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas. Popular Music History 8(2), pp. 106-125. (10.1558/pomh.v8i2.106)
- Boucher, D. 2014. British idealism and evolution. In: Mander, W. ed. The Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century. Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 306-323.
- Boucher, D. 2014. The state of nature. In: Gibbons, M. T. ed. The Encyclopedia of Political Thought. Wiley Blackwell
2013
- Boucher, D. and Smith, T. eds. 2013. R. G. Collingwood: an autobiography and other writings: with essays on Collingwood's life and work. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Boucher, D. and Smith, T. 2013. Introduction: The biography of an autobiography?. In: Boucher, D. and Smith, T. eds. R. G. Collingwood: an autobiography and other writings: with essays on Collingwood's life and work. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. xxi-xlix.
- Boucher, D. 2013. Collingwood and European liberalism. In: Boucher, D. and Smith, T. eds. R. G. Collingwood: an autobiography and other writings: with essays on Collingwood's life and work. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 377-397.
- Boucher, D. 2013. R. G. Collingwood: totality of experience. In: Derham, P. and Taylor, J. eds. Cultural Olympians: Rugby School's Cultural Leaders. Buckingham: University of Buckingham Press
2012
- Boucher, D. 2012. The victim of thought: The idealist inheritance. In: Marsh, L. and Franco, P. eds. A Companion to Michael Oakeshott. Penn State University Press, pp. 47-69.
- Boucher, D. 2012. Oakeshott in the context of British idealism?. In: Podoksik, E. ed. The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott. Cambridge Companions to Philosophy Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 247-273.
- Boucher, D. 2012. The just war tradition and its modern legacy: Jus ad bellum and jus in bello. European Journal of Political Theory 11(2), pp. 92-111. (10.1177/1474885111425115)
2011
- Boucher, D. 2011. The Recognition Theory of Rights, Customary International Law and Human Rights. Political Studies 59(3), pp. 753-771. (10.1111/j.1467-9248.2011.00890.x)
- Boison, C. and Boucher, D. 2011. Hobbes and the Subjection of International Relations to Law and Morality. In: Prokhovnik, R. and Slomp, G. eds. International Political Theory after Hobbes: Analysis, Interpretation and Orientation. International Political Theory Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 81-101.
- Boucher, D. and Vincent, A. 2011. British idealism: A guide for the perplexed. Guides for the Perplexed. London: Continuum.
- Boucher, D. 2011. Banal but not benign: Arendt on evil. In: Haddock, B. A., Roberts, P. M. and Sutch, P. D. E. eds. Evil in Contemporary Political Theory. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 204-227.
2010
- Boucher, D. 2010. The Law of Nations and the Doctrine of Terra Nullius. In: Asbach, O. and Schröder, P. eds. War, the State and International Law in Seventeenth-Century Europe. Farnham: Ashgate, pp. 63-82.
- Boucher, D. 2010. British idealism: practical philosophy and social responsibility. In: Moyar, D. ed. The Routledge Companion to 19th Century Philosophy. Routledge Philosophy Companions London: Routledge, pp. 689-710.
2009
- Boucher, D. and Browning, G. eds. 2009. Political art of Bob Dylan. Exeter: Imprint Academic.
- Boucher, D. 2009. The limits of ethics in international relations: Natural law, natural rights, and human rights in transition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199203529.001.0001)
- Boucher, D. 2009. Henry Jones: idealism as a practical creed. In: Sweet, W. ed. Moral, Social and Political Philosophy of the British Idealists. Exeter: Imprint Academic, pp. 137-151.
- Boucher, D. and Browning, G. K. 2009. Bob Dylan time line. In: Boucher, D. and Browning, G. K. eds. The Political Art of Bob Dylan. Exeter: Imprint Academic, pp. 253-274.
2006
- Boucher, D. 2006. Prefazione. In: Iiritano, M. ed. Picture Thinking: Estetica e Filosofia Religione nei primi scritti di Robin Collingwood. Soveria Mannelli: Rubbetino, pp. 5-20.
- Boucher, D. 2006. Thin universalism and distributive justice. In: Haddock, B. A., Roberts, P. and Sutch, P. eds. Principles and Political Order: the Challenge of Diversity. London: Routledge, pp. 176-191.
- Boucher, D. 2006. Uniting what right permits with what interest prescribes: Rawls's Law of Peoples in context. In: Martin, R. and Reidy, D. A. eds. Rawls's Law of Peoples: A Realistic Utopia?. Malden, MA: Oxford, Blackwell, pp. 19-37.
- Boucher, D. 2006. Property and propriety in international relations: the case of John Locke. In: Jahn, B. ed. Classical Theory in International Relations. Cambridge Studies in International Relations Vol. 103. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 156-177.
2005
- Boucher, D. 2005. Oakeshott, Freedom and Republicanism. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations 7(1), pp. 81-96. (10.1111/j.1467-856X.2005.00168.x)
- Boucher, D. 2005. In defence of Collingwood : perspectives from philosophy and the history of ideas. In: Collingwood, R. G. et al. eds. The Philosophy of Enchantment: Studies in Folktale, Cultural Criticism and Anthropology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. xcii-cxix.
- Collingwood, R. G. Boucher, D., James, W. and Smallwood, P. eds. 2005. The philosophy of enchantment. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Boucher, D. 2005. Collingwood, un hombre del renacimiento. In: Bocardo Crespo, E. and Badillo O'Farrell, P. eds. R. G. Collingwood: Historia, Metafísica y Política : Eensayos e Interpretaciones. Seville: Universidad de Sevilla. Secretariado de Publicaciones, pp. 15-26.
- Boucher, D. 2005. La significación de los principios de la historia de R. G. Collingwood. In: Bocardo Crespo, E. and Badillo O'Farrell, P. eds. R.G. Collingwood : historia, metafísica y política : ensayos e interpretaciones. Seville: Universidad de Sevilla. Secretariado de Publicaciones, pp. 143-166.
- Boucher, D. 2005. Editor's foreword and note. In: Boucher, D., James, W. and Smallwood, P. eds. The Philosophy of Enchantment: Studies in Folktale, Cultural Criticism, and Anthropology /R.G.Collingwood. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. xiii-xxi.
2004
- Boucher, D. 2004. Dylan and Cohen: poets of rock and roll. Continuum.
- Boucher, D. ed. 2004. The Scottish idealists: selected philosophical writings. Exeter: Imprint Academic.
- Boucher, D. and Browning, G. eds. 2004. The political art of Bob Dylan. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Boucher, D. and Browning, G. K. 2004. Introduction. In: Boucher, D. and G, B. eds. The Political Art of Bob Dylan. Basingstoke: Palgrave, pp. 1-11.
- Boucher, D. 2004. Images and distorted facts: politics, poetry and protest in the songs of Bob Dylan. In: Boucher, D. and Browning, G. eds. The Political Art of Bob Dylan. London: Palgrave, pp. 134-169.
2003
- Boucher, D. 2003. The social and political thought of R. G. Collingwood. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Boucher, D. and Kelly, P. J. eds. 2003. Political thinkers: from Socrates to the present. NewYork, NY: Oxford University Press.
- Boucher, D. 2003. International justice. In: Bellamy, R. and Mason, A. eds. Political Concepts. Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 196-210.
- Boucher, D. 2003. Burke. In: Boucher, D. and Kelly, P. eds. Political Thinkers: from Socrates to the Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 363-382.
- Boucher, D. 2003. Oakeshott. In: Boucher, D. and Kelly, P. eds. Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 459-479.
- Boucher, D. 2003. Rousseau. In: Boucher, D. and Kelly, P. eds. Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 235-252.
- Boucher, D. and Kelly, P. J. 2003. Introduction. In: Boucher, D. and Kelly, P. J. eds. Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-22.
- Boucher, D. 2003. The transition from natural rights to the culture of human rights. In: Haddock, B. A. and Sutch, P. eds. Multiculturalism, Identity and Rights. Routledge Innovations in Political Theory Vol. 12. London: Routledge, pp. 196-213.
2002
- Boucher, D. 2002. R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943). In: Dematteis, P. B., Fosl, P. S. and McHenry, L. B. eds. Dictionary of Literary Biogrpahy: British Philosophers, 1800-2000. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 262. Detroit, MI: Gale Group, pp. 70-79.
2001
- Boucher, D. 2001. Resurrecting Pufendorf and capturing the Westphalian Moment. Review of International Studies 27(4), pp. 557-577. (10.1017/S0260210501005575)
- Boucher, D. and Vincent, A. 2001. L'idealime et la culture philosophique Britannique?. In: Forbes, D., Bouton, C. and Pippin, R. eds. Hegel: droit, histoire, société. Revue Germanique Internationale Vol. 15. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, pp. 239-269.
2000
- Boucher, D. and Vincent, A. 2000. British idealism and political theory. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
- Boucher, D. 2000. Steel, skill and survival: A social history of rugby in Ebbw Vale and the Valleys. Llandybie: Dinefwr Press.
- Boucher, D. 2000. Hegel and Marx on international relations. In: Burns, T. and Fraser, I. eds. The Hegel Marx Connection. Basingstoke: Macmillan, pp. 217-239.
1998
- Boucher, D. 1998. Political theories of international relations: From Thucydides to the present. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Boucher, D. and Kelly, P. J. eds. 1998. Social justice: from Hume to Walzer. London: Routledge.
- Boucher, D. and Kelly, P. 1998. Introduction. In: Boucher, D. and Kelly, P. eds. Social justice : from Hume to Walzer. London: Routledge, pp. 1-16.
- Boucher, D. 1998. British idealism and the just society. In: Boucher, D. and Kelly, P. J. eds. Perspectives on Social Justice: From Hume to Walzer. London: Routledge, pp. 80-101.
1997
- Boucher, D. ed. 1997. The British idealists. Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Boucher, D. 1997. Introduction and idealist biographies. In: Boucher, D. ed. The British Idealists. Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. viii-xlvi.
- Boucher, D. 1997. Political theory, international theory and the political theory of international relations. In: Vincent, A. ed. Political Theory: Tradition and Diversity. NewYork, NY: Cambridge University Press, pp. 193-213.
1995
- Boucher, D., Connolly, J. and Modood, T. eds. 1995. Philosophy, history and civilization: Interdisciplinary perspectives on R. G. Collingwood. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
- Boucher, D. 1995. The place of education in civilization. In: Boucher, D., Connelly, J. and Modood, T. eds. Philosophy, History and Civilization :Interdisciplinary Perspectives on R. G. Collingwood. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp. 269-299.
- Boucher, D. 1995. The life and legacy of R. G. Collingwood. In: Boucher, D., Connelly, J. and Modood, T. eds. Philosophy,History and Civilization. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp. 1-31.
- Boucher, D., Connelly, J. and Modood, T. 1995. Introduction. In: Boucher, D., Connelly, J. and Modood, T. eds. Philosophy, history and civilization : interdisciplinary perspectives on R.G. Collingwood. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp. iii-viii.
1994
- Boucher, D. and Kelly, P. eds. 1994. The social contract from Hobbes to Rawls. London: Routledge.
- Boucher, D. and Kelly, P. 1994. The social contract and its critics: an overview. In: Boucher, D. and Kelly, P. J. eds. The Social Contract From Hobbes to Rawls. London: Routledge, pp. 1-34.
- Boucher, D. 1994. Editor's introduction. In: Boucher, D. and Helgeby, S. eds. The Life and Thought of R. G. Collingwood. Collingwood Studies Vol. 1. Swansea: R. G. Collingwood Society, pp. ix.
1993
- Boucher, D. and Vincent, A. 1993. A radical Hegelian: The political thought of Henry Jones. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
1992
- Collingwood, R. G. Boucher, D. ed. 1992. The new Leviathan, or, Man, society, civilization, and barbarism. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Boucher, D. 1992. Editor's introduction. In: Boucher, D. ed. The new Leviathan, or, Man, society, civilization, and barbarism / by R.G. Collingwood. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. xiii-lix.
- Boucher, D. 1992. Conversation and political thought. In: Cohen, R. ed. Studies in Historical Change. Charlottesville: University of Virgina Press, pp. 109-127.
- Boucher, D. 1992. Reconciling ethics and interests in the person of the state: The international dimension. In: Keal, P. ed. Ethics and Foreign Policy. St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen and Unwin, pp. 44-65.
1991
- Boucher, D. 1991. Originality and ambiguity as criteria of greatness. In: Rubinoff, L. and Dussen, W. J. v. d. eds. Objectivity, Method and Point of View: Essays in the Philosophy of History. Philosophy of History and Culture Vol. 6. Leiden: E. J. Brill, pp. 22-46.
1989
- Collingwood, R. G. Boucher, D. ed. 1989. Essays in political philosophy. Oxford: Clarendon.
- Boucher, D. 1989. Introduction and editorial. In: Essays in Political Philosophy/ /R. G. Collingwood. Oxford: Clarendon, pp. 1-52.
1985
- Boucher, D. 1985. Texts in context: Revisionist methods for studying the history of ideas. Martinus Nijhoff Philosophy Library Vol. 12. Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff.
Addysgu
I have taught at the undergraduate level: Modern Political Theory, Modern Ideologies, World Politics (Open University), History of Political Thought, Decision Making in Britain (Open University), The European Union, Political Theories of International Relations, and British Politics.
At the postgraduate level I have taught, Approaches to Political Theory, Michael Oakeshott and R. G. Collingwood, The Human Rights Culture and its Discontents, The Idea of Europe, Research Skills, and Machiavelli, Hobbes and Rouseau on International Relations.
I am able to supervise a range of subject areas at the doctoral level including History of Thought in International Relations; Modern Political Theory; Aspects of Idealism; and philosophy of history.