{"product_id":"thinking-with-balibar-a-lexicon-of-conceptual-practice-paperback","title":"Thinking with Balibar: A Lexicon of Conceptual Practice - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnn Laura Stoler\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStathis Gourgouris\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJacques Lezra\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume, the first sustained critical work on the French political philosopher Étienne Balibar, collects essays by sixteen prominent philosophers, psychoanalysts, anthropologists, sociologists, and literary critics who each identify, define, and explore a central concept in Balibar's thought. The result is a hybrid lexicon-engagement that makes clear the depth and importance of Balibar's contribution to the most urgent topics in contemporary thought. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book shows the continuing vitality of materialist thought across the humanities and social sciences and will be fundamental for understanding the philosophical bases of the contemporary left critique of globalization, neoliberalism, and the articulation of race, racism, and economic exploitation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e: Emily Apter, Étienne Balbar, J. M. Bernstein, Judith Butler, Monique David-Ménard, Hanan Elsayed, Didier Fassin, Stathis Gourgouris, Bernard E. Harcourt, Jacques Lezra, Patrice Maniglier, Warren Montag, Adi Ophir, Bruce Robbins, Ann Laura Stoler, Gary Wilder\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A collection like this one that explores and extends aspects of Etienne Balibar's work for an American audience is long overdue. The book understands that Balibar is a philosopher who moves the critical debate in crucial ways on a theoretical level, but who is doing so while attending to their implications for practical political problems and their solutions.\"--Ellen Burt, University of California, Irvine \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume, the first sustained critical work on the French political philosopher Étienne Balibar, collects essays by sixteen prominent philosophers, psychoanalysts, anthropologists, sociologists, and literary critics who each identify, define, and explore a central concept in Balibar's thought. The result is a hybrid lexicon-engagement that makes clear the depth and importance of Balibar's contribution to the most urgent topics in contemporary thought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book shows the continuing vitality of materialist thought across the humanities and social sciences and will be fundamental for understanding the philosophical bases of the contemporary left critique of globalization, neoliberalism, and the articulation of race, racism, and economic exploitation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e: Emily Apter, Étienne Balbar, J. M. Bernstein, Judith Butler, Monique David-Ménard, Hanan Elsayed, Didier Fassin, Stathis Gourgouris, Bernard E. 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Her most recent book is \u003ci\u003eDuress: Imperial Durabilities in Our Times\u003c\/i\u003e (Duke, 2016). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStathis Gourgouris (Edited By) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eStathis Gourgouris\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eThe Perils of the One\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia, 2019). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacques Lezra (Edited By) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJacques Lezra\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Chair of Hispanic Studies at the University of California--Riverside. 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