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Posts tagged as “Europe”

Internationalism and Democracy after the Eurozone Crisis

A talk by Frédéric Lordon and Cédric Durand. Frédéric Lordon is an economist and philosopher. He is Director of Research at France’s National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and a researcher at the Center for European Sociology (CSE). He is the author of several books, including, most recently, Willing Slaves of Capital: Spinoza and Marx on Desire (2014), La Malfaçon: Monnaie Européenne et Souveraineté…

Europe’s Functional Constitution: A Theory of Constitutionalism Beyond the State (New Book Talk)

Constitutionalism has become a byword for legitimate government, but is it fated to lose its relevance as constitutional states relinquish power to international institutions? This book evaluates the extent to which constitutionalism, as an empirical idea and normative ideal, can be adapted to institutions beyond the state by surveying the sophisticated legal and political system of the European Union. Having…