This preface for a collection of works of althusser in mandarin was written in 2015. Balibar, etienne 2015 etienne balibar on the trace of althusser in foucault s penal theories and institutions 19711972. This text was first published in l humanite on march, 2015. Alongside his monumental fourvolume series on the modern worldsystem, one of his most influential works was race, nation, class, written in dialogue with etienne balibar. The theme i shall address today has all the trappings of an academic exercise. Special collections and archives, university of california, irvine libraries title. Explores the core of balibars work since 1980 this collection explores balibars. Studies on politics and philosophy before and after marx 1 by etienne balibar isbn.
Etienne balibar was born on april 23, 1942 in avallon, yonne, france. The publication of etienne balibar s 1996 wellek library lectures delivered at the university of california, irvine is long overdue. Article information, pdf download for balibar, citizenship, and the return. Since then he has established himself among the most subtle philosophical and political thinkers in.
Description of the book politics and the other scene. Balibar, citizenship, and the return of right populism geoff pfeifer. Etienne balibar needs no introduction to readers in the field of citizenship studies, yet precisely for this reason it is useful to place his latest. A conference organized around his work was sponsored by depaul university, kingston uni. The paper argues that a specific concept of the political can be reconstructed in arendt by bringing together elements coming from origins of totalitarianism, part ii, from the human condition and on revolution, and from on disobedience. Etienne balibar teaches at columbia every fall semester. Despite their productive disagreements, balibar and wallerstein both historical capitalism, and, cowritten with etienne balibar, race, nation, class. A leading exponent of french radical philosophy, balibar is the author of spinoza and politics and co. Article information, pdf download for etienne balibar in conversation. The italicized words in this passage from balibars own hommage aux victimes du novembre 2015 in. This collection is comprised of manuscripts and research. The book is organized around equaliberty, a term coined by balibar to connote the tension between the two ideals of modern democracy. Citizenship presents a collection of seven lectures by etienne balibar, extending his longstanding engagement with. 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.
Balibar, etienne 2015 etienne balibar on the trace of althusser in. Etienne balibar is a french marxist philosopher and the most celebrated student of louis althusser. This paper aims at examining the relation of althusser to communism, its levels and instances, as well as the transformations. Balibar moves deftly from state theory, national sovereignty, and debates on multiculturalism and european racism, toward imagining a more democratic and less statecentered european citizenship. Jeanne balibar born april 1968 is a french actress and singer. Through a novel synthesis of theory and empirical studies of contemporary violence, the acclaimed thinker pushes past the limits of political philosophy to reconceive war, revolution, sovereignty, and class. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. With extraordinarily acute discernment, the leading. Masses, classes, ideas by etienne balibar, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. As one of louis althussers most brilliant students in the 1960s, etienne balibar contributed to the theoretical collective masterpiece of reading capital. He is also one of the leading exponents of french marxist philosophy and the author of spinoza and politics, the philosophy of marx and coauthor of race, nation and class and reading capital.
Early connotations avantlalettre can be found in his concept of citizenship as temporary equilibrium balibar 1988. Immanuel wallerstein is director of the fernand braudel center at the state university of new. Fifty years ago louis althussers for marx, and, under his direction, reading capital, were published. Citizenship by etienne balibar lse research online. He finds the tension between these different kinds of rights to be ingrained in the constitution of the modern nationstate and the contemporary welfare state. Kelly, edinburgh university press, september 2020 one of the most important books on spinoza to appear in the last 30 years, written by one of the foremost living french philosophers. On the limits of political philosophy, translated by g. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. The publication of etienne balibars 1996 wellek library lectures. He is also one of the leading exponents of french marxist philosophy and the author of spinoza and politics, the philosophy of marx and coauthor of.
Although european unification has progressively divorced the concepts of citizenship and nationhood, this process has met with formidable obstacles. Statists brings us no closer to understanding the centrality of race, nation. Balibar stresses that in the thesis in question marx uses. Etienne balibar race nation class pdf politics and race. World borders, political borders i am speaking of the borders of eu rope in greece, one of the peripheral coun. Through a novel synthesis of theory and empirical studies of violence drawn from contemporary life, balibar tests the limits of. Unlike althusser, who sets up an opposition between essence and ensemble, between speculative anthropology and historical materialism, balibar stresses essence as ensemble, arguing that the human essence is that which can only exists in and through its relations. Resituating balibarwallersteins race, nation, class the contributions to this publication reflect. Etienne balibar, spinoza, the transindividual, translated by mark g. On the 31st august, renowned sociologist and the inaugurator of worldsystems analysis immanuel wallerstein died aged 88. Still, i would like to attempt to show how it intersects with several major historical, epistemological and ultimately political questions.
In this interview, conducted by manuela bojadzijev, balibar and wallerstein discuss how the. He has taught at the university of paris xnanterre, at the university of california irvine and is currently an anniversary chair professor at the centre for research in modern european philosophy crmep. Etienne balibar translated by chris turner verso,,ton. On the limits of political philosophy springerlink. The notion itself reappears throughout the entirety of his work. Violence and civility, originally published in french in 2010, offers a fascinating lens on the development of. In violence and civility, etienne balibar boldly confronts the insidious causes of violence, racism, nationalism, and ethnic cleansing worldwide, as well as mass poverty and dispossession. Pdf in this interview, balibar provides a number of reflections on the. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The political thought of etienne balibar is framed between transindividuality and.
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