Spinoza, the Transindividual

About Etienne Balibar

Etienne Balibar is one of the foremost living French philosophers. He holds positions as Anniversary Chair in Modern European Philosophy at Kingston University Visiting Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Columbia University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of French and Italian and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at the University of California Irvine and Emeritus Professor at the University of Paris Nanterre. He initially rose to prominence as the student-collaborator of Louis Althusser co-editing with him the collection Reading Capital a global landmark in Marxist philosophy. Since then he has written dozens of books and hundreds of articles being particularly known for his writings on race Europe Spinoza and political thought more generally including his well-regarded books on Marx and Locke. Mark G. E. Kelly is Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts and ARC Future Fellow at the University of Western Sydney.