John David Lewis (March 17, 1955 – January 3, 2012) was a political scientist, historian and Objectivist scholar who held the post of visiting associate professor in the Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program at Duke University from 2008 to 2012, as well as Associate Professor of Business at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[1] Lewis was also an Anthem Fellow for Objectivist Scholarship.[2]

Lewis received his PhD in classical studies at Cambridge University in 2001, with the dissertation, Solon’s Polis as Kosmos: Intellectual, Moral and Political Integration in Archaic Athens. He taught at the University of London from 2000-2001. From 2001 to 2008, he was a professor in the History and Political Science Department at Ashland University,[3] where contention surrounding his denial of promotion to tenured professor drew national attention.[4] Lewis was a member of the American Political Science Association, the Association of Ancient Historians, the Society for Military History, the American Philological Association, and the Cambridge Philological Society.[3] Lewis published three books, was a contributing editor to The Objective Standard and contributed to Capitalism Magazine and contributed to multiple publications including Journal of Business Ethics, Social Philosophy and Policy, Polis, Dike, and Bryn Mawr Classical Review.[5] Lewis frequently spoke at Objectivist conferences and Tea Party events. He also spoke on the morality of free markets in medicine, arguing that innovators ought to be freed from unnecessary regulation.[6] In 2008 Lewis held a presentation at the "Facing Jihad" conference in Jerusalem,[7] a counter-jihad summit hosted by MK Aryeh Eldad that included a screening of the film Fitna by Geert Wilders.[8]

Lewis died on January 3, 2012, after a long battle with cancer.[9][6] He was 56.

Books

  • Nothing Less than Victory: Decisive Wars and the Lessons of History (Princeton University, March 2010)
  • Solon the Thinker: Political Thought in Archaic Athens (Duckworth Press, 2006) (pb. edn. 2008)
  • Early Greek Lawgivers (Bristol Classical Press, August 2007)

References

  1. ↑ "John David Lewis". The Objective Standard. April 24, 2007. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  2. ↑ "John David Lewis Ph.D". Johndavidlewis.com. May 10, 2010. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "John David Lewis Ph.D. | C.V". Johndavidlewis.com. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Tenure Shrugged". July 13, 2007."Bias and Thought Policing on All Sides". July 13, 2007."Ashland University: No Objectivists Need Apply". July 12, 2007."Ashland University: Professor Denied Tenure Because of Objectivist Scholarship"."Faith and Reason: Friends or Foes?".
  5. ↑ "The Objective Standard: John David Lewis". Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  6. 1 2 Biddle, Craig (January 5, 2012). "John David Lewis: A Man Who Lived". www.theobjectivestandard.com. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
  7. ↑ "About Facing Jihad: A Lawmakers' Summit". Facing Jihad. Archived from the original on February 4, 2009. Retrieved January 21, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ↑ Wäckerlig, Oliver (2014). Das Fanal von Wangen: Der Schweizer Minarettdiskurs - Ursachen und Folgen (in German). Akademikerverlag. pp. 213–214. ISBN 978-3-639-49757-1.
  9. ↑ "In Memoriam: John David Lewis, 1955-2012". January 5, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
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