Language French Role Author Name Geoffroy Lagasnerie | Subject Sociology, Philosophy Citizenship French | |
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Alma mater Ecole normale superieure | ||
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Geoffroy de Lagasnerie, born in 1981, is a French philosopher and sociologist.
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- Geoffroy de lagasnerie l anonymat r g n re l id e d mocratique csoj 27 02 2015
- Geoffroy de lagasnerie l art de la r volte
- Professional Life
- Work
- Books
- Volumes collectifs
- Articles accessible online
- References
He is the author of several books, articles and lectures pertaining to social and political philosophy, epistemology and critical theory, and the sociology of culture and intellectual life; with a particular interest in the work of Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault.
Geoffroy de lagasnerie l art de la r volte
Professional Life
After teaching at the Sorbonne and Science Po universities, Lagasnerie took up a position as a professor of philosophy and human sciences at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts in Cergy.
He is the director of the à venir collection published by Fayard.
Work
His work largely pertains to social and political philosophy, epistemology and critical theory, as well as the sociology of cultural and intellectual life. Additionally, Lagasnerie has been highly critical of the higher education system in France.
In 2015 he published The Art of the Revolt: Snowden, Assange, Manning. The book focused on the role of whistleblowers, particularly Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, and Chelsea Manning, in maintaining and strengthening democracy. The French weekly journal Les Inrocks named Lagasnerie as one of the most influential thinkers in contemporary French culture, and included the book in its list of the most influential essays of 2015.
In September 2015, Geoffroy de Lagasnerie published a Manifesto for an Intellectual and Political Counteroffensive alongside writer Edouard Louis. Featured on the front page of Le Monde, and later reprinted in English by the Los Angeles Review of Books, the letter denounced the legitimization of right-wing agendas in public discourse and offered terms for leftist intellectual reengagement in public debate.
In February 2016, Geoffroy de Lagasnerie published an article in openDemocracy entitled : "Beyond Powerlessness" which calls for the creation of new political practices.
In 2016, Lagasnerie published Juger. The book is a reflection on the criminal justice system, power and violence. It also encapsulates reflections on the methodology of sociology: in the last chapter, Lagasnerie argues that ethnography is an inherently "conservative" framework for understanding society. The French weekly journal Les Inrocks included the book in its list of the events of 2016.