Lefort, Claude

Claude Lefort is the director of studies emeritus at the Acole des Hautes Atudes en Science Sociales. He is the author of "Writing: The Political Test," "Democracy and Political Theory," and "Political Forms of Modern Society," among other works.

Julian Bourg is assistant professor of history at Bucknell University. He is the editor of "After the Deluge: New Perspectives on the Intellectual and Cultural History of Postwar France" and the author of "From Revolution to Ethics: May 1968 and Contemporary French Thought,"

Dick Howard is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the State Univer...