Career
He is the author of several books, articles and lectures pertaining to social and political philosophy, epistemology and critical theory, and the sociology of culture and intellectual life. With a particular interest in the work of Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault. He is considered as a leading voice of the French new intellectuals.
Early life and education Professional After teaching at the Sorbonne and Science Po universities, Lagasnerie took up a position as a professor of philosophy and human sciences at the École Nationale Supérieure d"Arts in Cergy.
He is the director of the à venir collection published by Fayard. Work His work largely pertains to social and political philosophy, epistemology and critical theory, as well as the sociology of cultural and intellectual life.
Additionally, Lagasnerie has been highly critical of the higher education system in France. In 2015 he published The Art of the Revolt: Snowden, Assange, Manning.
The book focused on the role of whistleblowers, particularly Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, and Chelsea Manning, in maintaining and strengthening democracy.
The French weekly journal Les Inrocks named Lagasnerie as one of the most influential thinkers in contemporary French culture, and included the book in its list of the most influential essays of 2015. In February of 2016, Geoffroy de Lagasnerie published an article in openDemocracy entitled: "Beyond Powerlessness" which calls for the creation of new political practices. In 2016, Lagasnerie published The book is a reflection on the criminal justice system, power and violence.
lieutenant is based the numerous trails of those accused of murder, assault, battery, rape and manslauter, which Lagasnerie attended over the course of many years.
However, at the end of the book, Lagasnerie, commenting, inter alia, the latest works of Didier Fassin, posits that ethnography is an inherently "conservative" framework for understanding society. The French weekly journal Les Inrocks included the book in its list of the event of 2016.
