Claude Lefort
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Resenha de LE TRAVAIL DE L’ŒUVRE MACHIAVEL, de Claude Lefort.
En prenant appui sur la pensée politique et phénoménologique de Claude Lefort, cet article cherche à se doter d’un cadre conceptuel descriptif et normatif afin d’interpréter la manière selon laquelle la démocratie, en raison de son... more
En este artículo propongo interrogar la manera en la que Claude Lefort interpreta a Maquiavelo. En primer lugar, examinaré el estatuto que adquiere, para Lefort, el conflicto y la división social en la obra del Maquiavelo. En segundo... more
The Exceptional State is an exercise in comparative politics. The course is intended to clarify the meaning and uniquely political form of (some) modern societies. To this end, we contrast two exceptional state forms, namely... more
THE sample of my book forthcoming with Oxford University Press in February 2018 in Oxford Constitutional Theory series.
Eine Einleitung in Claude Leforts (1924–2010) politische Philosophie durch eine Einteilung in Denktraditionen und Theorieschulen ergibt wenig Sinn, bewegt er sich doch stets an den Grenzen dieser. Überzeugender erscheint es, Lefort... more
This article offers a framework for thinking about democratic representation beyond election. It argues, firstly, that modern democracy is a unique form of government made up of representative claims. To act on behalf of the people... more
The essay reconstructs Claude Lefort’s interpretation of Machiavelli’s work. The French philosopher focuses on Machiavelli’s reading of Roman history, a strong critique of classical and Christian traditions, and identifies conflict as... more
Reseña bibliografica del texto "La cuestion de la Democracia" de Claude Lefort, hecho en el marco de la cursada de la materia Teoria Politica Contemporanea.
"Representations", N. 129, Winter 2015. The essay analyzes the project of maintaining the body of V. I. Lenin in the Mausoleum in Moscow for the past ninety years, focusing on the unique biological science that developed around this... more
Este artículo busca responder dos preguntas sobre la política que se encuentran entrelazadas: qué es la política y qué papel puede desempeñar el saber sobre la política en la lucha política cotidiana. Con el objeto de construir un... more
Une lecture politisante de Claude Lefort qui reste inédite, peut-être orpheline d'une colloque de 2011.
Cet article propose une réflexion sur l'appropriation que tente Chantal Mouffe de la théorie de la démocratie de Claude Lefort en ce qui concerne le rapport entre le politique et le religieux. Pour Lefort, le politique doit être entendu... more
Every politics is an aesthetic. If necropolitics is the (accelerated) politics of what is usually referred to as the ‘apolitical age’, what are its manoeuvres, temporalities, intensities, textures, and tipping points? Bypassing... more
Recent histories of human rights have shown that the turn to human rights as a form of politics occurred as a placeholder for utopian energies at the end of history, coinciding with a retreat of the organised left, the abandonment of the... more
Which forms of contestation are beneficial for democracies, and which are not? This essay responds to this question by looking at writings on political contestation during 1968 by the French political theorist Claude Lefort. Although... more
Διεθνές Συνέδριο για τον Κορνήλιο Καστοριάδη, 20 χρόνια μετά τον θάνατό του, Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο, 1-3 Δεκεμβρίου 2017
This paper attempts to draw out the political import of Merleau-Ponty’s ontology of the flesh, by engaging the critique levelled against it by his student and literary executor Claude Lefort. In suggesting a tension in Merleau-Ponty’s... more
Comment élaborer un constitutionnalisme dans une perspective néo-machiavélienne de la manière la plus adéquate possible ? Quelle figure pourrait bien prendre un constitutionnalisme associé à l’exercice du conflictuel en politique, et à sa... more
In this paper, I discuss contemporary readings of Machiavelli (styled ‘radical’) that perceive in his work the foundations for what they conceive as a political ontology — an ontology based on force, potency and conflictuality. I contest... more
Desde “Hegemonía y estrategia socialista”, Ernesto Laclau nutre su trabajo teórico con el análisis efectuado por Claude Lefort sobre el advenimiento democrático en la Modernidad. Sin embargo, a lo largo de su obra y especialmente en “La... more
FRANCESCO BIAGI, RADICALIZZARE L’EREDITÀ DI KARL MARX: CLAUDE LEFORT INTERPRETE DI NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI, in “Nuovi studi su Machiavelli”, numero monografico di “Quaderni Materialisti”, n. 16/2017, Edizioni Mimesis, ISBN: 9788857553641, pp.... more