Paul Kelly is Professor of Political Theory and former Pro-Director at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He has authored and edited many books across the areas of political theory and philosophy and the history of political theory with a particular focus on classical political thinkers, the theory and practice of liberal politics, and political ideas in British and US politics. He is the author of Liberalism (2005) and editor of Multiculturalism Reconsidered (2002) which are both Polity titles. His most recent books include Political Thinkers (2017) and Conflict, War and Revolution (2023).