Aaron Alexander Zubia is Assistant Professor in the Hamilton Center at the University of Florida. Previously, Zubia was a Postdoctoral Fellow with The Tocqueville Program in the Department of Politics and International Affairs at Furman University. In 2019-20, he was a Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate in the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions in the Department of Politics at Princeton University.
Zubia specializes in the moral and political philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment and the American founding. He is the author of The Political Thought of David Hume: The Origins of Liberalism and the Modern Political Imagination (University of Notre Dame Press, 2024).
His scholarly work has appeared in Hume Studies and Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy. He has also written in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, First Things, Law & Liberty, Washington Examiner, and Public Discourse. He is the winner of the first annual Hume Studies Essay Prize for his paper, "Hume's Transformation of Academic Skepticism," and he was a runner up for the Jack Miller Center's Excellence in Civic Education Award in 2021.
He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University, an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a B.B.A. in Marketing from the University of Texas at El Paso.
Click here to read an interview with Aaron by the University of Notre Dame Press.
Click here to purchase a copy of The Political Thought of David Hume: The Origins of Liberalism and the Modern Political Imagination.
Click here to read Scott Yenor's review of the book in Law & Liberty.
Newest Articles and Podcasts
"Towards a Politics of Truth," Law & Liberty
The politics of truth affirms the order of human nature and our civilizational heritage.
"Saving Ourselves from Party Rage," Law & Liberty
The limits of David Hume’s politics of utility are evident in America’s current political polarization and heighten political discourse.
"Lessons from the Most Anxious Philosopher," Public Discourse
The ill effects of isolation on our mental health are not limited to our present cultural moment.
"David Hume and the Ideas that Shaped America," America's Town Hall / Live at the National Constitution Center
Called “a degenerate son of science” by Thomas Jefferson and a “bungling lawgiver” by James Madison, Scottish philosopher David Hume was cited so often at the Constitutional Convention that delegates seemed to have committed his essays to memory. In this episode, we are sharing audio from a recent America’s Town Hall program featuring Angela Coventry, author of Hume: A Guide for the Perplexed; Dennis Rasmussen, author of The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought; and Aaron Alexander Zubia, author of The Political Thought of David Hume, who discuss Hume’s philosophical legacy and its profound impact on the shaping of America. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. This program was streamed live on January 29, 2024.