Geoffroy de Lagasnerie
| Geoffroy de Lagasnerie | |
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| Born | 1981 |
| Language | French |
| Citizenship | French |
| Alma mater | Ecole normale supérieure |
| Subject | Sociology, Philosophy |
Geoffroy de Lagasnerie, born in 1981, is a French philosopher and sociologist.
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.
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.
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.
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