Étienne Balibar is a French philosopher, who first rose to prominence as one of Louis Althusser's pupils at the École Normale Supérieure, particularly as a participant in Althusser's seminar on Marx's Capital. This resulted in a book, of which Balibar was listed as co-author, called Lire le Capital (Reading Capital).
After Althusser's fall from grace and death, Balibar quickly became the leading exponent of French Marxistphilosophy.
Balibar is known in France as much for his famous actress daughter, Jeanne Balibar, as for his philosophy, however.
Balibar was a participant in Althusser's seminar on Marx's Capital, which resulted in a book called Lire le Capital (Reading Capital) coauthored by Althusser and his students, among whom Althusser considered Balibar's contribution the foremost.
Balibar is known in France as much for his famous actress daughter, Jeanne Balibar, as for his philosophy, however.
EtienneBalibar: At The Borders Of Europe (Lecture delivered October 4, 1999, on the invitation of the Institut français de Thessalonique and the Department of Philosophy of Aristotle University of ThessalonÃki.)
Balibar's thesis in The Philosophy of Marx is: "there is no Marxistphilosophy and there will never be; on the other hand, Marx is more important for philosophy than ever before" (1, italics in original).
Balibar's main goal is to put Marx back into his historical context: "The events which marked the end of the great cycle during which Marxism functioned as an organizational doctrince (1890-1990), have added nothing new to the discussion itself, but have swept away the interests which opposed its being opened up" (2).
Balibar argues that Marx marks a "caesura" in the realm of philosophy.
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