Lea Ypi
Lea Ypi | |
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| Born | 8 September 1979 (age 42) Tirana, Albania |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytical Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Critical Theory |
Main interests | Political theory, Enlightenment, Marxism, Nationalism |
Influences | |
Lea Ypi (born 8 September 1979)[1] is an Albanian author and academic. She is a professor of political theory at the London School of Economics.[2]
Education[]
Ypi earned her laurea in philosophy at the Sapienza University of Rome in 2002[3] and her laurea in Literature and Journalism from the same institution in 2004.[3] She received her Master of Research from the European University Institute in 2005 and her PhD from the European University Institute in 2008.[3]
Works[]
Ypi's research interests are in normative political theory (including democratic theory, theories of justice, and issues of migration and territorial rights), Enlightenment political thought (especially Kant), Marxism and critical theory, as well as the intellectual history of the Balkans (especially Albania). [4]
Her book "Free: Coming of Age at the end of History"[5] was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction [6] and for the Costa Prize for Biography.[7] It was the Sunday Times' memoir of the year and was chosen as a book of the year by The Guardian, The New Yorker, The Financial Times, the TLS, The Spectator, New Statesman, and the Daily Mail.[8] In 2022, BBC Radio 4 serialised the book in their Book of the Week series.[9]
Selected bibliography[]
- The Meaning of Partisanship (with Jonathan White), Oxford University Press, 2016.[10]
- Global Justice and Avant-Garde Political Agency, Oxford University Press, 2012.[11]
- Kant and Colonialism: Historical and Critical Perspectives (co-edited with Katrin Flikschuh), Oxford University Press, 2014.[12]
- Migration in Political Theory: The Ethics of Movement and Membership (co-edited with Sarah Fine), Oxford University Press, 2016.[13]
- Free: Coming of Age at the End of History, Penguin, 2021.[14]
- The Architectonic of Reason: Purposiveness and Systematic Unity in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, Oxford University Press, 2021.
References[]
- ^ "About Me".
- ^ "Academic page".
- ^ a b c "CV".
- ^ https://personal.lse.ac.uk/YPI/
- ^ Typi, Lea (4 November 2021). Free: coming of age at the end of history. LSE Online Event. Interviewed by Kaldor, Mary. YouTube. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ https://thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk/news/shortlist-announced-2021-baillie-gifford-prize-non-fiction#:~:text=The%20titles%20on%20this%20year's,Dynasty%20by%20Patrick%20Radden%20Keefe
- ^ https://www.costa.co.uk/behind-the-beans/costa-book-awards/book-awards
- ^ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Free-Coming-Age-End-History/dp/0241481856/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1643467706&refinements=p_27%3ALea+Ypi&s=books&sr=1-1
- ^ Free: Coming of Age at the End of History by Lea Ypi. Book of the Week. BBC Radio 4. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ The Meaning of Partisanship. Oxford University Press. 6 October 2016. ISBN 978-0-19-968417-5.
- ^ Global Justice and Avant-Garde Political Agency. Oxford University Press. 31 March 2017. ISBN 978-0-19-879866-8.
- ^ Kant and Colonialism: Historical and Critical Perspectives. Oxford University Press. 20 January 2015. ISBN 978-0-19-966962-2.
- ^ Migration in Political Theory. Oxford University Press. 9 July 2019. ISBN 978-0-19-884308-5.
- ^ "Free: Coming of Age at the End of History".
External links[]
- Lea Ypi page, LSE Department of Government
- Lea Ypi page, The Guardian
- Interview in , The Guardian
- Interview , New Statesman
- Interview , Publishers Weekly
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