David Futscher Pereira is a dissertation fellow at the Civitas Institute and a Ph.D. candidate in political theory at UT-Austin. His dissertation considers natural sociality, comparing the iterations of the early modern doctrine of the state of nature with each other and with Aristotle’s Politics. Before coming to UT, David Futscher obtained an M.A. in security and diplomacy at Tel Aviv University, and a bachelor’s degree in economics and law at the Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University.

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