Lorenzo Chiesa
Lorenzo Chiesa (born 25 April 1976) is a philosopher, critical theorist, and translator whose research focuses on the intersection between ontology, psychoanalysis, and political theory.
According to Roberto Esposito “Chiesa is one of the rare philosophers capable of making Lacan’s psychoanalytic apparatus interact with the various languages of continental thought”. [1] He has also been described as “the leader of a new generation of ‘young Lacanians’, for whom Lacan is primarily a text that needs to be read”.[2] Chiesa claims that “psychoanalysis is not intrinsically political” while it is needed to “criticise classical ontology, think new ways in which to approach the question of ontology, and then, from that standpoint, think progressive politics”.[3]
Since 2014 Chiesa has been Visiting Professor in the socio-political philosophy MA programme of the European University at Saint Petersburg and at the Freud’s Dream Museum of the East European Institute of Psychoanalysis. He serves as Director of the Genoa School of Humanities. Previously, he taught at the University of Kent (2006-2014), where he was Professor of Modern European Thought and founded the Centre for Critical Thought. He also held visiting positions at the University of New Mexico, the Institute of Philosophy of Ljubljana, the Istituto di Scienze Umane (SUM) of Naples, and Jnanapravaha Mumbai.
- ^ Roberto Esposito, endorsement for “The Virtual Point of Freedom” http://www.nupress.northwestern.edu/content/virtual-point-freedom-0
- ^ Dany Nobus, endorsement for “Subjectivity and Otherness” https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/subjectivity-and-otherness
- ^ Lorenzo Chiesa, interview with Critical4group, 29 April 2016 http://critical4group.com/chiesa/