This is the first English language volume to offer such a wide-ranging scholarly and intellectual perspective on Claude Lefort. It constitutes the most comprehensive attempt to reconstruct Lefort's engagement with his theoretical interlocutors as well as his influence on today's democratic thought and contemporary continental political philosophy.
Author Biography:
Andrew Arato, New School for Social Research, USA
Giles Bataillon, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, France
Newton Bignotto, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Steven Bilakovics, Christopher Newport University, USA
Warren Breckman, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Jean Cohen, Columbia University, USA
Marc G. Doucet, University of Ottawa, Canada
Bernard Flynn, Undergraduate New School For Research, USA
Claudia Hilb, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dick Howard, SUNY, USA
Samuel Moyn, Columbia University, USA
Brian C. J. Singer, Glendon College, York University, Canada
Michael B. Smith, Berry College, USA
Jeremy Valentine, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK