Miguel Abensour

Miguel Abensour (born in 1939) is a French philosopher, specializing in political philosophy. He is also an emeritus professor of political philosophy at the Paris Diderot University (Jussieu) and a former president of the Collège international de philosophie.

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Research and Works

Miguel Abensour has written for the revues Textures, Libre and Tumultes. Director of the collection « Critique de la politique » (from the publisher Payot & Rivages) since 1974, he was notable in contributing to the reception of the Frankfurt School in France.[1] In his works and numerous articles, he has sought to reconcile democracy, understood as « democracy against the state » with the idea of utopia, conceived from the criticism of Emmanuel Levinas of Martin Buber's idea of interpersonal relations - the I and Thou relationship opposed to the I and It.[2]

He has also published numerous articles on Emmanuel Levinas, Claude Lefort, Saint-Just, utopian socialism (Pierre Leroux, William Morris), Blanqui and members of the Frankfurt School.[3]

An anthology and critique of his works has been published by Sens & Tonka, Critique de la politique. Autour de Miguel Abensour, edited by Anne Kupiec and Étienne Tassin, 2006.[4]

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References

  1. ^ Robert Maggiori, « L’utopie de Miguel Abensour », Libération, 11 juin 2009.
  2. ^ Ibidem.
  3. ^ Voir ouvrages liés à la notice d'autorité du philosophe sur le site de la Bibliothèque nationale de France.
  4. ^ Voir Critique de la politique. Autour de Miguel Abensour, Journée de la philosophie à l'Unesco, 2004 (document au format pdf).

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