By Étienne Balibar In my remarks at Revolution 3/13, I will explore the concept of the “engaged philosopher” in relation to the work of Jean-Paul Sartre and in conversation with Antonio Gramsci’s Prison Notebooks. I will begin my presentation with Sartre.… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt The Gramscian notion of cultural hegemony is what breathes life into the idea of the “engaged philosopher.” It is the condition of possibility for there to be engaged philosophers—or, more precisely, for engaged philosophers to play… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt We closed our last seminar, Revolution 2/13, on a provocative passage from the introduction to C.L.R. James’s book, Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution. James is reflecting there on the form that his book had taken. The… Continue Reading