With Hobbes and Locke, Spinoza is arguably one of the most important political philosophers of the modern era, a premier theoretician of democracy and mass politics. In this revised and augmented English translation of his 1985 classic, "Spinoza et la Politique," Etienne Balibar presents a synoptic account of Spinoza s major works, admirably demonstrating relevance to his contemporary political life. Balibar carefully situates Spinoza s major treatises in the period in which they were written. In successive chapters, he examines the political situation in the United Provinces during...
With Hobbes and Locke, Spinoza is arguably one of the most important political philosophers of the modern era, a premier theoretician of democracy and...
Forty years after the defeat of Nazism, and twenty years after the great wave of decolonization, how is it that racism remains a growing phenomenon? What are the special characteristics of contemporary racism? How can it be related to class divisions and to the contradictions of the nation-state? And how far, in turn, does racism today compel us to rethink the relationship between class struggles and nationalism? This book attempts to answer these fundamental questions through a remarkable dialogue between the French philosopher Etienne Balibar and the American historian and sociologist...
Forty years after the defeat of Nazism, and twenty years after the great wave of decolonization, how is it that racism remains a growing phenomenon? W...
As one of Louis Althusser's most brilliant students in the 1960s, Etienne Balibar contributed to the theoretical collective masterpiece of Reading Capital. Since then he has established himself among the most subtle philosophical and political thinkers in France. In Politics and the Other Scene Balibar deepens and extends the work he first developed with Immanuel Wallerstein in Race, Nation, Class. Exploring the theme of universalism and difference, he addresses such topical questions as European racism, the notion of the border, whether a European citizenship is possible or desirable,...
As one of Louis Althusser's most brilliant students in the 1960s, Etienne Balibar contributed to the theoretical collective masterpiece of Reading Cap...
S knihou Násilí a civilita má český čtenář možnost poprvé se seznámit s myšlením Étienna Balibara, jednoho z nejvýznamnějších politických filosofů současnosti. Balibarovy texty obsažené v této publikaci lze charakterizovat jako originální pojednání o vztahu násilí a politiky ve filosofické tradici. Balibar se vrací ke kořenům politické filosofie v díle Hobbese a Hegela a zkoumá to, co označuje jako „konverzi násilí“, tedy schopnost přeměnit násilí na pozitivní a produktivní dějinnou sílu. Tohoto východiska využívá k formulaci své...
S knihou Násilí a civilita má český čtenář možnost poprvé se seznámit s myšlením Étienna Balibara, jednoho z nejvýznamnějších politi...