01/04/2023
We are delighted to welcome Alexandre Lefebvre to our 2023 summer faculty! Lefebvre is the Professor of Politics and Philosophy at the University of Sydney where he teaches and researches in political theory, the history of political thought, modern and contemporary French philosophy, human rights, and jurisprudence. Professor Lefebvre will be joining us in Ithaca for 6-weeks to lead one of our four major seminars, "The First and the Last Liberal: Michel de Montaigne and John Rawls". Lefebvre is the author of "Human Rights and the Care of the Self", published by Duke University Press and "Human Rights as a Way of Life: On Bergson's Political Philosophy", by Stanford University Press. He is also the editor of a number of books and has had articles published in several journals, most recently including "Three Reasons for Hospitality: Care for Others, Care for the World, and Care of the Self." (Perspectives on Politics, 2022), "Liberalism and the Good Life"(Journal of Social and Political Philosophy, 2022), and "The Spiritual Exercises of John Rawls", (Political Theory, 2022). Read more about Professor Lefebvre and his 6-week SCT seminar on our website! https://sct.cornell.edu/2023-session
