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 [1] · [2] · [3], epistemology and critical theory, [4] · [5] · [6] as well as the sociology of cultural and intellectual life [5] · [7]. Additionally, Legasnerie 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, which focused on the role of whistleblowers, particularly Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, and Chelsea Manning, in maintaining and strengthening democracy, received international media attention, and was largely lauded by French critics. The French weekly journal, Les Inrocks, named Legasnerie as one of the most influential thinkers in contemporary French cultural.
[[Category:Faculty of Sciences Po]] [[Category:1981 births]] [[Category:21st-century French philosophers]] [[Category:French sociologists]] [[Category:École des hautes études en sciences sociales alumni]]
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 [1] · [2] · [3], epistemology and critical theory, [4] · [5] · [6] as well as the sociology of cultural and intellectual life [5] · [7]. Additionally, Legasnerie 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, which focused on the role of whistleblowers, particularly Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, and Chelsea Manning, in maintaining and strengthening democracy, received international media attention, and was largely lauded by French critics. The French weekly journal, Les Inrocks, named Legasnerie as one of the most influential thinkers in contemporary French cultural.
[[Category:Faculty of Sciences Po]] [[Category:1981 births]] [[Category:21st-century French philosophers]] [[Category:French sociologists]] [[Category:École des hautes études en sciences sociales alumni]]