Beschreibung:
This 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.
Preface | viiIntroduction: Balibar and the Philosophy of the ConceptWarren Montag | 1AnthropologicalBruce Robbins | 15Border-Concept (of the Political)Stathis Gourgouris | 28Civil Religion: Secularism as Religion?Judith Butler | 45ConceptÉtienne Balibar | 54Contre- / CounterBernard E. Harcourt | 71ConversionMonique David-Ménard | 85CosmopoliticsEmily Apter | 94Interior FrontiersAnn Laura Stoler | 117MaterialismPatrice Maniglier | 140The PoliticalAdi Ophir | 158PunishmentDidier Fassin | 183RaceHanan Elsayed | 193RelationJacques Lezra | 211RightsJ. M. Bernstein | 230SolidarityGary Wilder | 253Bibliography | 275List of Contributors | 311Index | 315