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| Paul Cliteur | |
|---|---|
| Name | Paul Cliteur |
| Birth date | 1955 |
| Birth place | The Hague, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation | Jurist; Professor; Author |
| Alma mater | Leiden University |
| Notable works | The Secular State; Het multiculturele drama |
Paul Cliteur is a Dutch jurist, philosopher, and public intellectual known for contributions to public law, legal philosophy, and debates on multiculturalism, secularism, and immigration. He has held professorships, authored numerous books and articles, and participated in public debates alongside figures from academia, politics, and media across Europe.
Cliteur was born in The Hague and studied law and philosophy at Leiden University and obtained a doctoral degree with a dissertation that engaged with themes from Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Immanuel Kant. During his formative years he interacted with scholars associated with Leiden University faculties and research institutes, and later pursued postdoctoral exchanges that connected him to networks at Utrecht University, University of Amsterdam, and international centers influenced by Harvard University and Oxford University traditions.
Cliteur served as a professor at Leiden, holding chairs in jurisprudence and public law linked to faculties with ties to Tilburg University, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and research projects funded by European bodies including programs associated with European Commission initiatives. His legal philosophy draws on thinkers such as Hegel, Aristotle, David Hume, and John Stuart Mill while engaging with contemporary scholars from Jürgen Habermas, Leo Strauss, and Ronald Dworkin. He has lectured at institutions including Princeton University, King's College London, Universität Zürich, and participated in seminars organized by Council of Europe and think tanks like Clingendael Institute and Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study. Cliteur’s jurisprudence often references constitutional texts such as the European Convention on Human Rights, national constitutions like the Constitution of the Netherlands, and landmark rulings from courts including the European Court of Human Rights and Supreme Court of the Netherlands.
Cliteur is author and editor of books and articles published by Dutch and international presses. Notable works engage with secularism and multiculturalism and enter public discourse alongside publications by Samuel Huntington, Charles Taylor, Benedict Anderson, and Seyla Benhabib. His bibliographic output includes monographs, edited volumes, and contributions to journals such as those associated with Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and journals linked to Yale Law School and Columbia Law School. He has debated themes from classics like Plato and Aristotle to modern theorists including Michel Foucault, Karl Marx, and Max Weber in comparative essays that reference histories of states such as France, Germany, Belgium, and United Kingdom.
Cliteur’s public interventions placed him in debates with politicians and commentators from parties like People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, Party for Freedom, and Christian Democratic Appeal, and he has been a public figure interacting with media outlets including NRC Handelsblad, De Telegraaf, and broadcasters like NOS and VPRO. He has been involved in controversies discussed alongside legal-political episodes such as debates on the European migrant crisis, policies enacted by cabinets like the Rutte cabinet, and public responses to incidents connected to organizations like Islamic State and social movements similar to Pegida. These controversies led to exchanges with public figures including scholars comparable to Rutger Bregman, politicians akin to Geert Wilders, and commentators such as Francis Fukuyama in broader European forums.
Cliteur has articulated critiques of multicultural policies and defenses of secular public order, positioning his arguments in relation to theorists like Will Kymlicka, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Jürgen Habermas, and Bhikhu Parekh. He frames debates about immigration with reference to historical migrations such as those after World War II and contemporary phenomena like the Syrian civil war and the 2015 European migrant crisis, and situates policy discussions in contexts of laws like the Schengen Agreement and directives from the European Union. His stance on secularism engages with debates around laïcité in France, accommodation policies in Canada, and church-state relations exemplified by the Church of England and the Catholic Church.
Cliteur has received recognitions and held memberships in learned societies and institutes connected to Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, European legal networks, and civic organizations comparable to Human Rights Watch and policy institutes such as Freedom House. He has been affiliated with editorial boards and advisory councils linked to journals and centers at Leiden University, international collaborations with EUI and partnerships with associations like the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy.
Category:Dutch jurists Category:Leiden University faculty Category:1955 births