Luc Foisneau
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Présentation
### Current position
● Director of research at French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
● Member of Centre des savoirs du politique. Recherche et analyse (CESPRA), EHESS, CESPRA, Campus Condorcet, 2 cours des Humanités, 93322 Aubervilliers, France- Tél : +33 1 88 12 10 65, email : <luc.foisneau@ehess.fr>, web: https://cespra.ehess.fr/membres/luc-foisneau-0
### <a name="_frgrynkcgtxq"></a>Degrees
1983: École Normale supérieure, Fontenay-aux-Roses
1983-1984: BA/Licence en Philosophie (University Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne)
1984-1985: MA /Maîtrise en Philosophie (University Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne)
1986: Agrégation in Philosophy
1987: DEA in History of Philosophy (University Paris 1-Panthéon-Sorbonne)
1996: Doctorat in History of Philosophy - ‘Hobbes et la toute-puissance de Dieu’ (University Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne)
2007: Habilitation, ‘Hobbes et la question de la souveraineté : le travail de l’interprétation (XVIIe et XXe siècles)’, EHESS
### <a name="_gjdgxs"></a>Academic positions
1991-1992: Attaché temporaire d’enseignement et de recherche (ATER), Tours University, France
1993-2003: Research fellow at CNRS, Caen, Paris
1996-2003: Maître de conférences (contractual teaching position), Sciences Po Paris
2003-2006: CNRS Senior research fellow, Maison française, Oxford
2006-2008: CNRS Senior research fellow, CESPRA, EHESS
2008-2014: CNRS Director of research 2, Centre d’études sociologiques et politiques Raymond Aron, Écoles des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris
2014- : CNRS Director of research 1, Centre d’études sociologiques et politiques Raymond Aron, Écoles des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris
### <a name="_fhlj3sy43315"></a>Fellowships and grants
1988-1991: Doctoral fellowship of the French Ministry for Higher Education, Tours University
2001: Book Award, Association des professeurs et maîtres de conférences de Sciences Po Paris for: *Hobbes et la toute-puissance de Dieu*
2003-2006: Visiting research associate, University of Oxford, Department of Politics and International Relations
2012: Visiting professor, Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London (4 months)
2017: Visiting professor, Cagliari University, Department of philosophy, Italy (1 month)
2018: Visiting professor, UNIL-Lausanne, Department of philosophy, Swiss (4 months)
2019: Visiting professor, University of Sao Carlos, Brazil (1 month)
2019: Visiting professor, University of studies, Milan, Italy (1 month)
### <a name="_8ezpdmj4wruj"></a>Administrative Experience
2000-2003: International program for scientific cooperation (PICS), ‘Hobbes After 350 Years’, CNRS-British Academy, coordinator
2000-2004: Member of National committee for scientific research, section 35
2002-2006: European training network, ‘Applied global justice’, French team coordinator
2010-2018: Member of scientific board – CESPRA
2010-2011: Member of jury (‘senior jury’), Institut Universitaire de France
2012-2013: France-Berkeley Fund, ‘A Theory of Justice Forty years after’, French team coordinator
2015-2016: Member of National committee for scientific research, section 35
2015-2020: Head of the Department of Political studies, EHESS.
2022-: Member of scientific board – CESPRA
### <a name="_4auphzhny7t5"></a>Teaching and research seminars
I have been teaching an average of 60 hours per year since my first teaching position at Tours University in the following institutions: EHESS, Sciences Po Paris, University of Oxford, UNIL-Lausanne, University of studies Milan, University of Sao Carlos (Brazil). My teaching focuses on history of political thought, history of philosophy, history of theories of justice, intellectual history, political and moral philosophy. I have monitored more than 50 MA students since I began teaching, mostly at EHESS. A selection of courses and research seminars:
1987-1992: History of philosophy, intellectual history, history of political philosophy (Tours University);
1996-2003: Political questions – Grands enjeux (Sciences Po Paris);
2004-2005: Political theory and international relations (with Andrew Hurrell), University of Oxford;
2005-2006: Rousseau on Inequality (with Alexis Tadié and Karma Nabulsi), University of Oxford;
2005-2006: Global inequalities, local injustices (with Daniel Butt), University of Oxford;
2006: New directions in French Philosophy (with Michael Rosen), University of Oxford;
2006-2007: Hobbes et la philosophie politique du XXe siècle (EHESS, Paris);
2007-2008: Introduction to political philosophy (EHESS, Paris);
2008-2009: Contractualismes et anti-contractualismes;
2009-2010: La théorie de la justice mondiale;
2010-2011: La théorie de la justice et la capacité d’action des individus;
2011-2012: La théorie de la justice et le droit à la liberté;
2012-2013: La théorie de la justice et l’obéissance à la règle;
2013-2014: Justice et environnement (1);
2014-2015: Justice et environnement (2);
2015-2016: L’État de droit face au terrorisme (with Bernard Manin and Rui Pereira);
2016-2017: Hobbes et les théories contemporaines de la justice;
2017-2018: Rawls, Kant et les théories contemporaines de la justice;
2018-2019: L’inégalité dans les théories contemporaines de la justification;
2019-2020: Les droits humains fondamentaux dans les théories contemporaines de la justification;
2012-2020 : Philosophie politique normative (with Charles Girard, Bernard Manin, Philippe Urfalino).
2020-: Research seminar for
### <a name="_668h682s11om"></a>Research
History of political thought in the early-modern period, especially the 17th century, with a focus on Hobbes, and the 18th century, with a focus on Rousseau; history of 20th-century moral and political thought, with a focus on John Rawls; theories of justice; history of reception (Bodin, Hobbes, Rousseau); history of philosophy (Dictionary of 17th-century French philosophers, first edition in English, second augmented edition in French)
### <a name="_9s5zba1r68s0"></a>Postgraduate Supervision
**Since my French habilitation thesis (HDR) in May 2007 I have supervised 6 PhDs, 3 have been defended, two are to be defended in 2024, one candidate (with UNIL-Lausanne) has started October 2022. I have been member of more than 20 PhD committees, and have been involved in 6 Habilitation thesis committees.**
● Luciano Venezia, with UBA (Buenos Aires), “Political authority and political obligation in Hobbes’ Leviathan” 2009-2012 – published as a book with Palgrave-MacMillan. Luciano got a position as researcher for Conicet (Argentina) and is currently assistant professor at Quilmès University.
● Jérémie Duhamel, EHESS, “Citizens’ vertues in Machiavel, Montaigne and Hobbes”, 2008-2012. Jérémie has published numerous articles and is currently working for a humanitarian association in Canada.
● Francesca Rebasti, joint supervision with Università degli studi (Milan), “Il problema della coscienza nella teologia politica di Thomas Hobbes”, 2011-2016. Francesca is currently revising her thesis for publication, and has a postdoctoral position.
● Victor Mardellat, EHESS, “Norms of justification: an enquiry in the moral philosophy of Tim Scanlon”, 2015-
● Laure Assayag, EHESS, “Philosophies of compromise: a philosophical and historical approach”, 2018 -
● Manuel Lencastre Cardoso, EHESS, “Politicization of sovereignty in Hobbes: religion and distributive
justice”, 2018 -
● Augusto Sperb Machado, UNIL - EHESS, 2022 -
### <a name="_axgl4jtrf7jk"></a>Other professional activities
**Editorial Boards:** *Archives de philosophie* (France, Advisory Board member, 1996-), *Les Études philosophiques* (France, Editorial Committee member, 2006-2008; Advisory Board member, 2008-)*, Estudos juridicos* (Brazil, Advisory Board member, 2007-2012)*, Rivista di storia della filosofia* (Italy, Advisory Board member, 2007-)*,* Storia del pensiero politico (Italy, International Editorial Committee member, 2014-), *Philosophical enquiries: revue des philosophies anglophones* (France, Advisory Board member, 2012-)*, Éthique, politique, religions* (France, Advisory Board member, 2012-), *Cités. Philosophie, politique, histoire* (Editorial Committee member, 2000-2003).
**Memberships:** European Hobbes Society, Société d’étude du XVIIe siècle.
**International conferences**: organization of 18 conferences, participation in more than 70 conferences and congresses.
**Invited talks, keynotes**: I have been invited to deliver keynotes and talks in seminars and conferences in institutions such as the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, UCLA, Berkeley, University College London, King’s College London, London School of Economics, Sheffield University, École normale supérieure (Paris), École normale supérieure (Lyon), University of Zagreb, University of Keele, University of Exeter, University of Naples, University of Cagliari, University of Milan, University of Florence, University of Rome, University of Urbino, Pennstate University, SUNY at Buffalo, Baldy Center, University of Montreal, Adolfo Ibanez University (Santiago de Chile), etc.
Domaines de recherche
Publications
Dictionnaire des philosophes français du XVIIe siècleLuc Foisneau. Classiques Garnier - Classiques Jaunes, pp.2632, 2021, 978-2-406-10769-9. ⟨10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-10770-5⟩
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Hobbes et la toute-puissance de DieuCNRS Éditions, Biblis, pp.440, 2021, 978-2-271-1346_8
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Hobbes. La vie inquièteGallimard, 617, pp.1-624, 2016, Folio Essais, 978-2-07-046788-4
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Dictionnaire des philosophes français du XVIIe siècleLuc Foisneau. Classiques Garnier, pp.1-2138, 2015, Dictionnaires et synthèses, 978-2-8124-1722-1. ⟨10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-1723-8⟩
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Justice et critiqueEditions de l'EHESS, pp.1-96, 2014, 978-2-7132-2411-9
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Good governance and democracyW-UWM (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warminsko-Mazurskiego), pp.env. 150, 2013, ISSN-12344087
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Spheres of Global JusticeSpringer, pp.414, 2013, 978-94-007-5997-8. ⟨10.1007/978-94-007-5998-5⟩
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Governo e soberania. O pensamento politico moderno de Maquiavel a RousseauLinus Editores, pp.1-200, 2009, 13: 978-8560063086
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The dictionary of seventeenth-century French philosophersThoemmes Continuum, 2, pp.1-1314, 2008, 9780826436566
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Leviathan between the warsLuc Foisneau; Jean-Christophe Merle; Tom Sorell. Peter Lang, pp.1-171, 2005, Giuseppe Orsi; Kurt Seelmann; Stefan Smid; Ulrich Steinvorth, 3-631-51239-2
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Kant et Hobbes. De la violence à la politiqueBibliothèque d'Histoire de la Philosophie, 256 p., 2005, 978-2-7116-1736
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Leviathan after 350 yearsLuc Foisneau; Tom Sorell. Oxford University Press, pp.1-308, 2004, Mind association occasional series, 0-19-926461-9
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New critical perspectives on Hobbes's Leviathan upon the 350th anniversary of its publicationLuc Foisneau; George Wright. FrancoAngeli, pp.1-374, 2004, collana di filosofia, Guido Canziani, 88-464-5561-4
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La découverte du principe de raison. Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, LeibnizLuc Foisneau. Presses universitaires de France, pp.1-224, 2001, Débats philosophiques, 978-2-13-050866-3
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Hobbes et la toute-puissance de DieuPresses universitaires de France, pp.1-424, 2000, Fondements de la politique, 2-13-050956-8
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Politique, droit et théologie chez Bodin, Grotius et HobbesLuc Foisneau. Editions Kiné, pp.1-314, 1997, Philosophie politique, 2-84174-096-X
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Le puzzle de la justice : Hobbes et HumeAntony McKenna; Gianluca Mori. Philosophie et scepticisme de Montaigne à Hume. Mélanges en l’honneur de Gianni Paganini, 1, Honoré Champion, pp.473-490, 2023, Libre pensée et littérature clandestine, 978-2-7453-5951-3
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Hobbes [1588-1679]Mathilde Lequin; Albert Piette. Dictionnaire des anthropologies, Presses universitaires de Paris Nanterre, pp.487-495, 2022, 978-2-84016-498-2
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La théologie du Léviathan et les sciences socialesChapitre d'ouvrage hal-03347534v1 |
Against philosophical darknessMarcus P. Adams. A companion to Hobbes, John Wiley & Sons, pp.271-286, 2021, 9781119634997
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Eric Marquer. Leggi, diritti e contratto. Grozio, Hobbes e LockeGianni Paganini. La filosofia dei moderni. Storia e temi, Carocci editore, pp.155-175, 2020, 978-88-430-9953-5
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The Productivity of Misreading: Interpreting Hobbes in a Hobbesian Contractarian PerspectiveInterpreting Hobbes's Political Philosophy, 1, Cambridge University Press, pp.242-257, 2019, ⟨10.1017/9781108234870.015⟩
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Simplifying Hobbes. Hume's conception of justice in a Hobbesian perspectiveDomagoj Vujeva; Luka Ribareviç. Europe and the heritage of modernity, Disput, pp.95-115, 2017, Europe and the heritage of modernity, 978-953-260-277-7
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La passion de la gloire chez Montaigne et HobbesEmiliano Ferrari; Thierry Gontier. L'axe Montaigne-Hobbes, Classiques Garnier, 2016, 978-2-8124-6077-7. ⟨10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-6079-1.p.0075⟩
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Hobbes, l'autorité de la loi et la capacité d'action des individusLa politique de l'âme. Autour de Pierre Manent, 2014
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Common people as IndividualsSecrétan Catherine ; Jacob Margaret C. In praise of ordinary people : Early Modern Britain and the Dutch Republic, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.47-63, 2013, 978-1-137-38051-7
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Sovereignty and Reason of StateLloyd Howell A. The Reception of Bodin, Brill, pp.323-342, 2013, 978-90-04-23608-0
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What's 'political' about Minority Rights?Merle Jean-Christophe ; Foisneau Luc ; Hiebaum Christian ; Velasco Juan Carlos. Spheres of Global Justice. Vol. 1, Global Challenges to Liberal Democracy. Political Participation, Minorities and Migrations, Springer, pp.143-154, 2013, 978-94-007-5997-8
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Souveraineté et animalité : Agamben lecteur de HobbesThierry Gontier. Animal et animalité dans la philosophie de la Renaissance et de l'âge classique, 1, Editions Peeters, pp.231-244, 2005, Bibliothèque philosophique de Louvain, 90-429-1597-8
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Kant et Hobbes. De la violence à la politique. IntroductionLuc Foisneau; Denis Thouard. Kant et Hobbes. De la violence à la politique, 1, Vrin, pp.9-13, 2005, Histoire de la philosophie, 978-2-7116-1736-4
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Introduction. Hobbes between Enlightenment and DarknessLuc Foisneau; Tom Sorell; Jean-Christophe Merle. Leviathan between the wars. Hobbes's impact on early twentieth-century political philosophy, 1, Peterlang GmbH, pp.11-20, 2005, 3-631-51239-2
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Autorité et vérité. Hobbes dans l'espace public kantienLuc Foisneau; Denis Thouard. Kant et Hobbes. De la violence à la politique, 1, Vrin, pp.17-32, 2005, Histoire de la philosophie, 978-2-7116-1736-4
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Authoritarian state vs totalitarian state: Leviathan in an early twentieth-century French debateLuc Foisneau; Jean-Christophe Merle; Tom Sorell. Leviathan Between the Wars. Hobbes’ Impact on Early Twentieth Century Political Philosophy, 11, Peter Lang, pp.77-94, 2005, Rechtsphilosophische Hefte, 978-3-631-51239-5
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Introduction. Hobbes between enlightenment and darknessLeviathan between the wars, Peter Lang, pp.11-20, 2005
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IntroductionNew critical perspectives on Hobbes's Leviathan upon the 350th anniversary of its publication, pp.7-14, 2004, 88-464-5561-4
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Leviathan's theory of justiceLuc Foisneau; Tom Sorell. Leviathan after 350 years, Oxford University Press, pp.105-122, 2004, Leviathan after 350 years, 0-19-926461-9
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Beyond the air-pump. Hobbes, Boyle and the omnipotence of GodLuc Foisneau; George Wright. New critical perspectives on Hobbes's Leviathan upon the 350th anniversary of its publication, FrancoAngeli, pp.33-49, 2004, 88-464-5561-4
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Préface. Le principe de raison et les raisons de l'actionLuc Foisneau. La découverte du principe de raison. Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Presses universitaires de France, pp.1-12, 2001, 978-2-13-050866-3
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De la nécessité des choses et des actions. Hobbes critique de l'indétermination des futurs contingentsLuc Foisneau. La découverte du principe de raison. Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Presses universitaires de France, pp.91-118, 2001, Débats philosophiques, 978-2-13-050866-3
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Introduction. La philosophie politique de Bodin, Grotius et Hobbes entre droit et théologieLuc Foisneau. Politique, droit et théologie chez Bodin, Grotius et Hobbes, Editions Kiné, pp.1-8, 1997, Philosophie politique, 2-84174-096-X
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Obéissance politique et mortalité humaine selon HobbesLuc Foisneau. Politique, droit et théologie chez Bodin, Grotius et Hobbes, Editions Kiné, pp.283-305, 1997, Philosophie politique, 2-84174-096-X
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From French laïcité to normative theory of religion (and return).2023
Autre publication scientifique
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La démocratie des droits : De Weber à Kant. Entretien avec Catherine Colliot-Thélène2020
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Autour de la souveraineté. Entretien avec Vincent Descombes2020
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The path to What We Owe to Each Other. An interview of Luc Foisneau with Tim Scanlon2020
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Hobbes (Thomas)Dictionnaire de la guerre et de la paix, 2017, pp.637-641
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An answer to David Runciman2021
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