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Geoffroy de Lagasnerie, born in 1981, is a French philosopher and sociologist.

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.

Early life and education
Lagasnerie studied at École Normale Supérieure, where he received the agrégation in economic and social sciences, and He then received his PhD in Sociology from the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences.

Professional Life
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, Legasnerie 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, which focused on the role of whistleblowers, particularly Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, and Chelsea Manning, in maintaining and strengthening democracy, received international media attention, and was largely lauded by French critics. The French weekly journal, Les Inrocks, named Legasnerie as one of the most influential thinkers in contemporary French cultural.

Books

 * L'empire de l'université. Sur Bourdieu, les intellectuels et le journalisme, Amsterdam, 2007
 * Sur la science des œuvres. Questions à Pierre Bourdieu (et à quelques autres), Cartouche, 2011
 * Logique de la création. Sur l'Université, la vie intellectuelle et les conditions de l'innovation, Fayard, 2011
 * La dernière leçon de Michel Foucault. Sur le néolibéralisme, la théorie et la politique, Fayard, 2012
 * Que signifie penser, in François Caillat (dir.), Foucault contre lui-même, PUF, 2014
 * L'Art de la révolte. Snowden, Assange, Manning, Fayard, 2015.

Volumes collectifs

 *  Exister socialement. Sur la sociologie et les théories de la reconnaissance in Pierre Bourdieu, l'insoumission en héritage. with Édouard Louis (dir.) Didier Eribon, Frédéric Lordon, Arlette Farge and Annie Ernaux. PUF, 2013.
 * Que signifie Penser?  in Foucault contre lui même, by François Caillat (dir.), Leo Bersani, Arlette Farge, George Didi-Huberman, PUF, 2014.

Articles accesible online

 * L'inconscient sociologique, Les Temps Modernes, 3/2009, no  654, p. 99-108, [lire en ligne].