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He is one of the most stimulating and radical of contemporary philosophers (radical, in the literal sense of “getting to the root” of things). His political and philosophical quest focuses on ways of reinventing policies of emancipation which do not centre on the state, but rather on the creation of new possibilities for living and the radical affirmation of autonomy and equality. In this sense, Badiou seeks to fight against philosophical relativism, scepticism, the end of principles, a certain notion of differences directed against equality, etc. That is his political and philosophical fight: to invent new ideas, a new theory of the subject, of the truth, of universalism, slicing through the Gordian knot which today instructs predominant ideas, specifically, the alternative between the power of the political and financial oligarchies and the power of ancestors and ethnic groups. He strives against philosophical relativism, scepticism, the end of principles and the notion of differences. Author of numerous works, including Théorie du sujet (1982), L’Être et l’Événement (1988), Manifeste pour la philosophie (1989), L’Éthique (1993), Petit manuel d’inesthétique (1998) and Circonstances 2 (2004).
He is an essayist, researcher and publisher. In 1999 he published Filosofía y acción (Editorial Límite, Santander). He co-edits the magazine Archipiélago and co-directs the publishing house Acuarela, which explore possible veins of critically incorrect discourse. He regularly contributes to the arts supplement of El País, Diagonal and the magazine El Viejo Topo. He is involved in the social movements of Madrid.
He lectures in aesthetics and art theory at the University of the Basque Country. He has researched and written about the Basque artistic avant-garde and contemporary creation and its networks. He has written several monographic works on contemporary artists and curated a number of exhibitions. Amongst other publications, he has written on art-related issues in Hika, Periódico del arte, Sublime, Exitbook, Ondare and biTARTE.
He holds a PhD in sociology and co-edits the magazine Archipiélago. Cuadernos de Crítica de la Cultura. He has published two books, Pierre Bourdieu. Sociología y subversión (La Piqueta) and El desorden de las cosas (CSIC). He is a regular contributor to several periodicals including Le Monde Diplomatique, Pliegos de Yuste and El Viejo Topo. He also works as an editor for Siglo XXI, Paidós, Santillana and other publishers. His interests include laicism as a basis of intercultural coexistence, the civic and secular foundations of democratic coexistence in a globalised world and the development of new forms of internationalism.
He holds a degree in political science and is a social and political analyst, an expert in immigration, North Africa and the Arab/Moslem world. He advises several local governments and municipal authorities in the Basque community and the community of Navarra on immigration issues. He is a collaborating researcher in the departments of sociology, education and psychology of the University of the Basque Country, and has published numerous studies on immigration and North African society.
She is an independent translator and researcher living in Madrid. She has strong ties in Beirut and the US. She participates in a range of social initiatives, including the militant research project Precarias a la Deriva and an informal network of young feminists from (and related to) the Middle East. Over recent years her work has centred on debates on secularism. She is currently touring the US investigating some emerging forms of social organisation in that country.
He holds a PhD in sociology and lectures at the University of the Basque Country. He is the author and co-author of several books and articles that take up different themes, all of them located in the Basque Country: unionism, technological changes, new information technology, social movements, volunteering, violence and politics. He collaborates weekly with the Basque edition of the newspaper El País. He is the author of the following books: Los sindicatos españoles ante el cambio, Desclée de Brouwer, 1993; Las nuevas condiciones de la solidaridad, Desclée de Brouwer, 1994; Movimientos sociales y alternativas de sociedad, HOAC, 1996; El trabajo en la sociedad. Manual para una sociología del trabajo, University of the Basque Country, 1998. He has been involved in several social organisations and initiatives of different fields, such as, antimilitarism, peace in the Basque Country and citizen movements. He has had an active membership of the “Gesture for Peace” group.
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