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34Étienne Balibar on the dialectic of universal citizenshipPhilosophy and Social Criticism 48 (6): 904-933. 2021.Philosophy & Social Criticism, Volume 48, Issue 6, Page 904-933, July 2022. In this article, I reconstruct Étienne Balibar’s work against the background of the debate on modern universal citizenship. I argue that universal citizenship is neither fundamentally emancipatory nor fundamentally oppressive but is rather both. In order to defend this position, I build on Balibar’s concept of the “citizen subject.” First, I parse this concept, showing how it allows us to think about the contradictions o…Read more
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26Étienne Balibar on the dialectic of universal citizenshipPhilosophy and Social Criticism 48 (6): 904-933. 2022.In this article, I reconstruct Étienne Balibar’s work against the background of the debate on modern universal citizenship. I argue that universal citizenship is neither fundamentally emancipatory nor fundamentally oppressive but is rather both. In order to defend this position, I build on Balibar’s concept of the “citizen subject.” First, I parse this concept, showing how it allows us to think about the contradictions of modern universal citizenship. In the second section, I elucidate its tempo…Read more
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13Revisiting the Common Ownership of the Earth: A Democratic Critique of Global Distributive Justice TheoriesGlobal Justice : Theory Practice Rhetoric 9 (2). 2016.Many theories of global distributive justice are based on the assumption that all humans hold common ownership of the earth. As the earth is finite and our actions interconnect, we need a system of justice that regulates the potential appropriation of the common earth to ensure fairness. According to these theories, imposing limits and distributive obligations on private and public property arrangements may be the best mechanism for governing common ownership. We present a critique of the assump…Read more
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443Limits to the Politics of Subjective Rights: Reading Marx After LefortLaw and Critique 30 (2): 179-199. 2019.In response to critiques of rights as moralistic and depoliticising, a literature on the political nature and contestability of rights has emerged. In this view, rights are not merely formal, liberal and moralistic imperatives, but can also be invoked by the excluded in a struggle against domination. This article examines the limits to this practice of rights-claiming and its implication in forms of domination. It does this by returning to Marx’s blueprint for the critique of subjective rights. …Read more
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12Revisting the Common Ownership of the Earth: A Democratic Critique of Global Distrubive Justice TheoriesGlobal Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric 9 (2). 2016.Many theories of global distributive justice are based on the assumption that all humans hold common ownership of the earth. As the earth is finite and our actions interconnect, we need a system of justice that regulates the potential appropriation of the common earth to ensure fairness. According to these theories, imposing limits and distributive obligations on private and public property arrangements may be the best mechanism for governing common ownership. We present a critique of the assump…Read more
Brussel, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
Areas of Specialization
Social and Political Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Social and Political Philosophy |
Continental Philosophy |