Geoffroy de Lagasnerie

Geoffroy de Lagasnerie, born in 1981, is a French far-left philosopher and sociologist.

Geoffroy de Lagasnerie
Born1981
LanguageFrench
CitizenshipFrench
Alma materEcole normale supérieure Paris-Saclay
École des hautes études en sciences sociales
SubjectSociology, Philosophy

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.[1][2]

Biography

Early life and education
Lagasnerie studied at École normale supérieure de Cachan, where he received the agrégation in economic and social sciences. He later on received his PhD in Sociology from the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences.[3][4]

Professional life

After teaching at the Sorbonne and Sciences Po universities, Lagasnerie took up a position as a professor of philosophy and human sciences at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts in Cergy.[5]

He is the director of the à venir collection published by Fayard.

Work

His work largely pertains to social and political philosophy,[6][7][8] epistemology and critical theory,[9][10][11] as well as the sociology of cultural and intellectual life.[10][12] 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.[13][14] The Art of the Revolt was translated into English in 2017.[15]

In September 2015, Lagasnerie published a Manifesto for an Intellectual and Political Counteroffensive alongside writer Edouard Louis.[16] 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.[17][18]

In February 2016, Lagasnerie published an article in openDemocracy titled : "Beyond Powerlessness" which calls for the creation of new political practices.[19]

In 2016, Lagasnerie published Juger. The book is a reflection on the criminal justice system, power and violence. It also includes reflections on the methodology of sociology: in the last chapter, Lagasnerie argues that ethnography is an inherently "conservative" framework for understanding society.[20] The French weekly journal Les Inrocks included the book in its list of the top events of 2016.[21]

He is described by Achille Mbembe as "one of the most talented of the new wave of French theory."[15]

He is described by France Inter, a major French public radio channel, as one of the most important intellectuals in France today.[22]

He is committed in the antiracist movement and the fight against police brutality in France. De Lagasnerie co-wrote a book with Assa Traoré on the fight against state violence and police brutality.[23]

In his book La Conscience Politique, he argues for a more realist political theory, one that fully acknowledges that state violence is the one thing in one's life that one can never escape.[24][25]

Publications

Books in English

Foucault Against Neoliberalism?, Rowman and Littlefield, 2020

Judge and Punish. The Penal State on Trial. (Trans. Lara Vergnaud). Stanford University Press, 2018.

The Art of Revolt. Snowden, Assange, Manning. Stanford University Press, 2017.

Books in French
  • L'empire de l'université. Sur Bourdieu, les intellectuels et le journalisme, Amsterdam, 2007.
  • Sur la science des œuvres. Questions à Pierre Bourdieu (et à quelques autres), Cartouche, 2011.
  • Logique de la création. Sur l'Université, la vie intellectuelle et les conditions de l'innovation, Fayard, 2011.
  • La dernière leçon de Michel Foucault. Sur le néolibéralisme, la théorie et la politique, Fayard, 2012.
  • Que signifie penser, in François Caillat (dir.), Foucault contre lui-même, PUF, 2014.
  • L'Art de la révolte. Snowden, Assange, Manning, Fayard, 2015.
  • Juger. L’Etat pénal face à la sociologie, Fayard, 2016.
  • "Penser dans un monde mauvais", PUF, 2017.
  • Le Combat Adama, with Assa Traoré, Stock 2019
  • La conscience politique, Fayard, 2019
  • Sortir de notre impuissance politique, Fayard, 2020

Volumes collectifs
  • Exister socialement. Sur la sociologie et les théories de la reconnaissance, in Pierre Bourdieu, l'insoumission en héritage. with Édouard Louis (dir.) Didier Eribon, Frédéric Lordon, Arlette Farge and Annie Ernaux. PUF, 2013.
  • Que signifie Penser? in Foucault contre lui-même, by François Caillat (dir.), Leo Bersani, Arlette Farge, George Didi-Huberman, PUF, 2014. Translation Foucault Against Himself, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2015.

Articles accessible online
  • L'inconscient sociologique, Les Temps Modernes, 3/2009, no 654, p. 99-108, lire en ligne.

Notes & references
  1. "Penser enfin le contemporain : Geoffroy de Lagasnerie | Le Magazine Littéraire". www.magazine-litteraire.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  2. Minkmar, Nils (2015-11-19). "Essay Theater der Sicherheit". Der Spiegel. 48. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  3. "Arrêté du 7 avril 2003 portant nomination d'élèves à l'École normale supérieure de Cachan". Legifrance. 7 April 2003. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  4. "Lettre n°54 de l'ehess" (in French). École des hautes études en sciences sociales. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  5. "GEOFFROY LAGASNERIE". le site de l'École nationale supérieure d'arts de Cergy-Pontoise. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  6. Cassiano Elek Machado (15 June 2013). "Foucault viu neoliberalismo como o novo', diz escritor Geoffroy de Lagasnerie". le site du quotidien Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  7. Jean-Marie Durand (24 January 2015). "Assange, Manning et Snowden, un nouveau rapport à la politique". le site du magazine Les Inrockuptibles. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  8. Michel Abescat et Olivier Tesquet (5 March 2015). "Les "lanceurs d'alerte" inventent-ils une nouvelle forme de démocratie ?". le site du magazine Télérama. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  9. "France culture: Laure Adler s'entretient avec Geoffroy de Lagasnerie, philosophe". le site de France Culture. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  10. Jean Birnbaum (13 January 2011). ""Logique de la création", de Geoffroy de Lagasnerie : la fabrique des débats intellectuels". le site du quotidien Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  11. "L'anonymat régénère l'idée démocratique. Intervention à Ce soir ou jamais" (vidéo). le site web d’hébergement de vidéos YouTube. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  12. "Entretien avec Geoffroy de Lagasnerie sur l'université". le site hors-série dédié aux entretiens filmés avec des personnalités artistiques ou intellectuelles. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  13. "Les Inrocks - Les 10 essais les plus marquants de 2015". Les Inrocks. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  14. "The hundred who reinvent the culture". Les Inrocks. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  15. http://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=27861
  16. "Manifeste pour une contre-offensive intellectuelle et politique | Blog | Le Club de Mediapart". Club de Mediapart (in French). Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  17. "Intellectuels de gauche, réengagez-vous!". Le Monde.fr (in French). ISSN 1950-6244. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  18. "Manifesto for an Intellectual and Political Counteroffensive". The Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  19. "Beyond powerlessness". openDemocracy. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  20. "Juger. L'Etat pénal face à la sociologie". Le site de Geoffroy de Lagasnerie (in French). Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  21. "Les Inrocks - Les événements livres attendus en 2016". Les Inrocks. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  22. https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/boomerang/boomerang-22-mars-2018
  23. "Le Combat Adama". tribunemag.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  24. Books, Five. "The Best State & Violence Books | Five Books Expert Recommendations". Five Books. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  25. Earle, William James (2020). "A Critical Study of Geoffroy de Lagasnerie's La conscience politique". The Philosophical Forum. 51 (3): 199–219. doi:10.1111/phil.12259. ISSN 1467-9191.
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