Sean Fleming

Contact

• workRoom B160 Law & Social Sciences
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• Sean.Fleming@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Sean Fleming is a Nottingham Research Fellow in the School of Politics and International Relations. His current project, 'Revenge of the Luddites', is about anti-technology radicalism. The aim of his research is to understand the ideas and ideologies that motivate terrorist attacks on scientists (such as the Unabomber's) and sabotage attacks on infrastructure (such as pipeline bombings). His previous project, 'Leviathan on a Leash', was about collective responsibility and Thomas Hobbes's political thought.

Research Summary

Interests:

• Ideologies
• Violence
• Technology
• Environmentalism
• History of political thought

Selected Publications

• SEAN FLEMING, 2022. The Unabomber and the Origins of Anti-Tech Radicalism Journal of Political Ideologies. 27(2), 207-225
• SEAN FLEMING, 2021. Leviathan on Trial: Should States Be Held Criminally Responsible? International Theory. 13(3), 427-450
• SEAN FLEMING, 2021. The Two Faces of Personhood: Hobbes, Corporate Agency and the Personality of the State European Journal of Political Theory. 20(1), 5-26
• SEAN FLEMING, 2020. A Political Theory of Treaty Repudiation The Journal of Political Philosophy. 28(1), 3-26

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• SEAN FLEMING, 2022. The Unabomber and the Origins of Anti-Tech Radicalism Journal of Political Ideologies. 27(2), 207-225
• SEAN FLEMING, 2021. Leviathan on Trial: Should States Be Held Criminally Responsible? International Theory. 13(3), 427-450
• SEAN FLEMING, 2021. The Two Faces of Personhood: Hobbes, Corporate Agency and the Personality of the State European Journal of Political Theory. 20(1), 5-26
• SEAN FLEMING, 2020. A Political Theory of Treaty Repudiation The Journal of Political Philosophy. 28(1), 3-26
• SEAN FLEMING, 2020. Leviathan on a Leash: A Theory of State Responsibility Princeton University Press.
• SEAN FLEMING, 2017. Moral Agents and Legal Persons: The Ethics and the Law of State Responsibility International Theory. 9(3), 466-489
• SEAN FLEMING, 2017. Artificial Persons and Attributed Actions: How to Interpret Action-Sentences about States European Journal of International Relations. 23(4), 930-950