Étienne Balibar is an emeritus professor of philosophy and comparative literature whose work delves into political philosophy and its boundaries. His intellectual scope is broad, connecting philosophical concepts with literary analysis. He explores the intricate relationships between violence and civility, contributing to a deeper understanding of modern European philosophy. Balibar's approach offers readers a penetrating insight into contemporary societal and political challenges.
The book critiques the Left's dismissal of "universal" as a concept tied to masculinist and Eurocentric biases. Balibar engages with these critiques to redefine and revitalize universal claims, proposing their potential to support a revolutionary politics that prioritizes the common good. Through this exploration, he seeks to navigate the complexities of universalism while advocating for a more inclusive and transformative political framework.
Etienne Balibar explores the tensions between cosmopolitanism and secularism in order to advance a truly democratic and emancipatory cosmopolitanism, which requires a secularization of secularism. Going beyond circumscribed notions of religion and the public sphere, Secularism and Cosmopolitanism is a profound rethinking of identity and difference.
Etienne Balibar, one of the foremost living French philosophers, builds on his landmark work 'Spinoza and Politics' with this exploration of Spinoza's ontology. Balibar situates Spinoza in relation to the major figures of Marx and Freud as a precursor to the more recent French thinker Gilbert Simondon's concept of the transindividual.
Étienne Balibar has been one of the world's leading political philosophers for the last several decades and has had an enormous impact around questions concerning the relation among notions of individuality, selfhood, and state sovereignty in the modern era. Secularism and Cosmopolitanism is a short but trenchant book by an important thinker on a vital topic. William Egginton, Johns Hopkins University
A collection of Essays over the last 20 years, exploring different dimensions (historical, political, philosophical, literary) of the philosophical debate on subjecthood and subjectivity in Modernity, as it was framed by the Controversy on the subject from the 1960's, and showing how it is now continued in a controversy on the Universal.
If fundamental political categories were represented as geometric shapes, citizenship would be one of those rotating polyhedrons with reflective surfaces that together create effects of light and shade.
Revealing the explicit relationships among globalization, capitalism, and barbarism to rid our world of violence once and for all.
The preeminent political theorist Etienne Balibar examines what he calls equaliberty, the fundamental tension in modern democracies between equality and liberty, humanity and citizenship.
This work presents a fresh interpretation of Locke, positioning him within the context of continental philosophy. The author, a prominent French intellectual, explores Locke's ideas and their relevance to contemporary philosophical discourse. By re-examining Locke's contributions, the book invites readers to reconsider his impact on modern thought and the connections between his theories and those of other continental philosophers.
Acclaimed French philosopher on metaphysics and politics