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GIORGI TSKHADAIA

Professor Tskhadaia has been teaching at Caucasus University since 2014, first as an invited lecturer and then as an affiliated professor and program co-director for Strategic Public Administration MA Program. He teaches courses on political philosophy and ideologies, introduction to political science, and international relations theory. Currently, Professor Tskhadaia runs the Jean Monnet Module "European Values and Ideologies," co-funded by the European Commission.

 

Professor Giorgi Tskhadaia's main area of specialization is political philosophy – particularly, the theories of legitimacy and democracy. He is currently working at the intersection of Continental and Anglo-American traditions of philosophy to tackle questions regarding the legitimacy of the liberal state.

 

Professor Tskhadaia is also interested in discourse-theoretical approaches to studying political and social phenomena. In this connection, he published an article that shows how international rankings are used to build democratic legitimacy. Also, he takes special interest in the analysis of the discourses of automation.

 

Professor Tskhadaia completed his Ph.D. in Political and Social Sciences at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain, in 2020. His dissertation examined the Derrida-Habermas debate and its implications for our understanding of truth, tolerance, and secularism.

  • Tskhadaia, G. (2025). The legitimizing role of international rankings: The case study of Georgia. NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy, 18(2), 210–234. https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2025-0020
  • Tskhadaia, G. (2025). The fundamental value of dissent in democratic societies: Beyond the deliberative model. Deutsch-Georgische Jahrbücher.
  • Tskhadaia, G. (2024). Toward a universalistic theory of political obligation: A post-structuralist approach. Philosophy & Social Criticism, 51(10), 1730–1748. https://doi.org/10.1177/01914537241230013
  • Tskhadaia, G. (2024). A liberal proposal to justify state authority. Analiza i Egzystencja, 66. https://doi.org/10.18276/aie.2024.66-01
  • Tskhadaia, G. (2021). Revisiting the Habermasian charge of performative contradiction: Deconstruction as a theoretical and normative project. Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory, 22(2), 152–170. https://doi.org/10.1080/1600910X.2021.1939081
  • Tskhadaia, G. (2021). The paradoxes of tolerance: A deconstructive view. Analiza i Egzystencja, 53. https://doi.org/10.18276/aie.2021.53-02
  • Tskhadaia, G. (2021). From Habermas to Derrida: A weak form of secular universalism. Problemos, 100, 114–126. https://doi.org/10.15388/Problemos.100.9
  • Tskhadaia, G. (2019). Solitude, communicative rationality, and aporia: A re-appraisal of Habermas. In C. Emmenegger, G. Gondino, & M. Stambazzi (Eds.), A lonely road: A collective reflection on solitude. Accademia University Press.