Stephen K. White (born 1949),[1] is James Hart Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia.
His research focuses on critical social and political theory, philosophy of social science, and continental political thought.
[2] He is also a past editor of the journal Political Theory.
Recently, White's research has focused upon the concept of weak ontology, which he uses to describe a non-foundationalist approach to normative affirmation[clarification needed] extrapolated from the works of George Kateb, Charles Taylor, Judith Butler, and William E. Connolly.
White received his Ph.D. from the City University of New York in 1980.