@bernardharcourt
Professor of law and political theory at Columbia University and the EHESS in Paris. Death penalty defense counsel and author of *Critique & Praxis* (2020), *Cooperation: A Political, Economic, and Social Theory* (2023), and *The Counterrevolution* (2018).
Is the “rule of law” truly neutral or has it become the secular religion of our democracies? Join our next public talk by @bernardharcourt.bsky.social and explore what the future of the rule of law might hold.
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"The last thing you need is another market strategy in the name of justice."
www.youtube.com/live/6ZyUGkL... via @bernardharcourt.bsky.social & @columbiaccct.bsky.social
Nietzsche too had to be recuperated from the fascists and reappropriated by post-structuralists to become "useful for life." Just posted epilogue to seminar with Cornel West on Hegel, Nietzsche, and Foucault: open.substack.com/pub/bernardh... | Video with Cornel West here: youtu.be/YZ6Mr5eTW3A?...
Herbert Marcuse opened his 1941 book, Reason and Revolution, with this stunning phrase: “In our time, the rise of Fascism calls for a reinterpretation of Hegel’s philosophy.” The parallels with today keep haunting me... these times call for a rereading of Marcuse: open.substack.com/pub/bernardh...
"Like Marcuse, I am convinced of the emancipatory potential of Hegelian philosophy, and though in my recent work I have made a turn to Kant, I have never left Hegel behind." Brilliant piece by Seyla Benhabib on Marcuse and his reading of Hegel and Heidegger: the1313.law.columbia.edu/2026/02/15/s...
I just posted an essay on Marco Rubio’s speech this morning at the Munich Security Conference 2026. It is an extraordinary historical fabulation about Western civilization and needs to be dissected to get the full import of these Hegelian times. Read here: open.substack.com/pub/bernardh...
Why did Herbert Marcuse turn to Hegel in the 1930s and 1940s, and how did this shape critical theory? Our video of the week seeks to recuperate Hegel’s proto-Marxist social diagnosis for the present.
Featuring @bernardharcourt.bsky.social et al. at @columbiaccct.bsky.social
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“A synoptic vision and a sense of the whole, hand-in-hand with a synecdochic imagination and a synthetic analysis”: Inspiring conversation with Cornel West on Hegel, Nietzsche, and Foucault for the Hegel 13/13 seminar series at Columbia. Video recording here: www.youtube.com/live/6ZyUGkL...
Join Cornel West this evening at the Columbia CCCT to discuss how reading Hegel, Nietzsche and Foucault can help us understand our present crises and what to do now. Introduction to the seminar here: open.substack.com/pub/bernardh...
Information and RSVP here: hegel1313.law.columbia.edu/2-13/.
Just posted a quick introduction for seminar with Cornel West on Wed. Feb. 11, 2026 for #Hegel1313. Essay here:
open.substack.com/pub/bernardh... On YouTube here: youtu.be/DNx6SCw2DpI?... Join Cornel West on 2/11, please RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/hegel-1313....
"Comme dans toute relation abusive, chacun s’interroge : ira-t-il encore plus loin ? Où frappera-t-il ensuite ?" Tribune dans @liberation.fr sur la situation aux USA :
www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...
The Hegel Lecture: here is a background lecture on G.W.F. Hegel to help set the stage for the upcoming seminar Hegel 13/13 @columbiaccct.bsky.social. We are starting next week on Feb. 4th with Seyla Benhabib on Marcuse: hegel1313.law.columbia.edu/11-13/ Hegel Lecture here: youtu.be/mKtAwsuhBuw?...
The Gadfly at Columbia University just published an interview on the idea of coöperism: an alternative to both capitalism and socialism that builds a society of cooperatives and mutuals from the bottom up. Thanks to Yunah Kwon for a great conversation! Here: www.thegadflymagazine.org/home-1/colle...
🇺🇸 @bernardharcourt.bsky.social criticizes how crime scenes were handled in #ICE shootings in #Minneapolis.
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“Stand Up to Arbitrary Power”: What John Wilson’s artwork can teach us about our present political crisis. Reflections on the Met exhibit “Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson,” co-curated by Jennifer Farrell and Leslie King Hammond.
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Rereading Foucault's *Discipline and Punish* 50 years later to understand the stakes today. Two parts of a conversion, here's the longer version on SSRN: ssrn.com/abstract=604... and here is a piece of it in the New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202....
Some early thoughts on the fatal shooting of Renée Nicole Good in Minneapolis — interview with @francoisf24.bsky.social François Picard @france24.com
youtube.com/watch?v=5ft2KP8mgJs
🇺🇸 “They lied to my client. They lied to me”
@bernardharcourt.bsky.social recounts his experience representing a client arrested and deported by #ICE
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Thank you for great appearance at #France24 Too Story. It helps to understand a bit what is going on in 🇺🇸.
Judith Butler, Homi Bhabha, Gayatri Spivak, Cornel West, Susan Buck-Morss, Seyla Benhabib, Bruno Bosteels, and more will be joining us for Hegel 13/13 @columbiauniversity.bsky.social in the new year 2026! Mark your calendars: hegel1313.law.columbia.edu
Zohran Mamdani, Eugene Debs, and Jawaharlal Nehru:
On Louis Althusser's Idea of A New Philosophical Practice. The essay is also on YouTube here: youtu.be/CWafRd8Y4sw
In his victory speech, Zohran Mamdani invoked two great figures from history, Eugene V. Debs and Jawaharlal Nehru, to ring in a new epoch in American politics. Mamdani is the model of what could be called “a new philosophical practice.” Read here on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/bernardh...
Includes five essays on Foucault and Nietzsche, reassessing this relation in the light of the volume edited by @bernardharcourt.bsky.social last year - www.seuil.com/ouvrage/niet... (2/3)
Cover image shows Édouard Manet, The Port of Bordeaux, 1871
Foucault Studies 38 published, including a theme section on Foucault and Nietzsche, and a 'Buffalo dossier' (all open access)
muse.jhu.edu/journal/891 (1/3)
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“In the face of a hostile takeover of 🇺🇸 it’s urgent for us to rethink the philosophical basis of our progressive politics…power needs to be distributed to the people…the model cannot be top-down, it has to be bottom-up, grounded in cooperation & solidarity among people.”
#Coöperism
In this lecture, @bernardharcourt.bsky.social argues that instead of state-run grocery stores, NYC facilitates and establishes city-wide food cooperatives, decentralizing power. Solidarity economy is the way to go.
youtu.be/PbI12lIqwi8?...
"Mamdani's election is a model for the Democratic Party": Delighted to join The Debate @France24.com to discuss the election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of NYC with @f24debate.france24.com and Jenn Schradie. Clip here: youtu.be/teJC16kh6Ds?... Full segment here: www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...
🇺🇸 Is #Mamdani trying to avoid a violent confrontation — or set the stage for one?
@bernardharcourt.bsky.social and James Kirchick clash over how New York’s new mayor will handle a possible Trump crackdown.
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