Education:
BA (Hons), Philosophy, McMaster University
MA, Religious Studies, McMaster University
PhD, Religious Studies, McMaster University
Areas of Research and Teaching:
Classical political philosophy; religion and literature; contemporary critiques of modernity; technology; globalization.
Publications:
1. Books
Albert Camus’ Critique of Modernity. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2011.
Eric Voegelin's Platonic Theology: Philosophy of Consciousness and Symbolization in a New Perspective. Lewiston: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1991.
2. Translations
Albert Camus. Christian Metaphysics and Neoplatonism. Trans. R. Srigley. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2007.
3. Chapters
Tilleczek, K. & Srigley, R. “Modern Youth at Work and Play” in K. Tilleczek. Approaching Youth Studies: Being, Becoming and Belonging. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2010.
4. Articles
“Camus on Philo and Gnosticism.” Studia Philonica Annual. Volume VII, 1995.
5. Forthcoming and under review
“The Republic and Apology as Source Texts for Rebel Without a Cause.” Perspectives on Political Science, London.
“Return to the Ancients: Monserrat and Planinc on Eric Voegelin’s Use of the Philebus, Republic, and Ecclesiazusae.” The Political Science Reviewer, Delware.
“Parody and Criticism in Ivan Karamazov and the Grand Inquisitor” in Dostoevsky and Political Theory. Eds. R. Avramenko and L. Trepanier. Lexington Books, Maryland.
Recent Scholarly Panels and Papers:
2012 “Glaucon’s Longer Way: A Comparative Analysis of the Republic and Statesman.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans.
2011 “Global Issues and the Cultivation of Critical Insight.” With R. Domike, G. Germain, and D. Coll. Paper presented at the Association of Atlantic Universities Teaching Showcase, Halifax.
“The Structure and Content of Albert Camus’ Critique of Modernity.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans.
“The Technological Imperative in the Lives of Modern Youth.” A paper presented to the Department of Sociology, University of Ballarat, Australia.
“The Economic, Scientific, and Philosophical Motivations of Modern Utopianism.” A paper presented to the School of Business, University of Ballarat, Australia.
2010 “Albert Camus’ The Fall and Augustine’s Confessions.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC.
2009 “Antigone’s Politics.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans.
Discussant. Panel on Politics and Literature at the Annual Meeting of the America Political Science Association, Toronto.
Discussant. Panel on Eric Voegelin and the Ancients at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto.
2008 “Modernity’s Youth: Images of Rebellion from the Cave.” With K. Tilleczek. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Sociological Association, Barcelona, Spain.
2007 “Albert Camus on the Modern Predicament.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago.
Discussant. Panel on the Relevance of Plato at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago.
