Dr. Markus Fischer, Liberal Studies 

  • Ph.D., Political Science, University of Chicago

  • Office: H223-M  Ph: (657) 278-2939.

  • LINK TO EMAIL: mfischer@fullerton.edu

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Photograph of Mark Fischer
     Courses Taught
  • LBST 302B: The Historical Dimension of Liberal Studies
  • LBST 305 Liberal Studies in the Social Sciences
  • LBST 490 Senior Seminar in Great Books

Research interests: In continuation of my work on Machiavelli, which culminated in a book titled Well-Ordered License: On the Unity of Machiavelli's Thought (2000), I am currently writing an article that compares The Book of Lord Shang, a Chinese classic from the legalist tradition, with Machiavelli and Hobbes. This article is part of my larger project of analyzing political realism across cultures.

     Suggested Reading

  • The New York Times [daily]
  • Richard Adams, Watership Down (Avon Books, 1972) [rabbits forging a community of character]
  • John H. Hallowell and Jene M. Porter, Political Philosophy: The Search for Humanity and Order (Prentice-Hall, 1997) [thorough, yet readable introduction to the thinkers who shaped much of our society and whose ideas continue to inform many of our opinions].