Politics and the Other Scene
2002
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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, violence and politics, and identity and emancipation.
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Etienne Balibar
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Étienne Balibar is emeritus professor of philosophy at Paris X Nanterre and emeritus professor of comparative literature at the University of California, Irvine. He is also professor of modern European philosophy at Kingston University, London, and professor of French and comparative literature at Columbia University. His books include Violence and Civility: On the Limits of Political Philosophy (Columbia, 2015).
