Isabelle Garo (born 5 September 1963), is a

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

specialising in the works of

Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, critic of political economy, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 ...

Biography

Garo's research focuses on the works of Karl Marx and

Friedrich Engels Friedrich Engels ( ,"Engels"
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and its crisis. She is president of the Grande Edition Marx et Engels (GEME), a project working on the first complete edition of the writings of Marx and Engels in the French language. In 2012, she announced her support of the Left Front and its candidate,

Jean-Luc Mélenchon Jean-Luc Antoine Pierre Mélenchon (; born 19 August 1951) is a French politician who was a member of the National Assembly for the 4th constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône from 2017 to 2022. He led the ''La France Insoumise'' group in the Nation ...

. In November 2015, she signed the " Appeal of the 58": "We will protest during the

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". Since 2018, she has been a member of the Council of Orientation of the Foundation Copernic."Conseil d'orientation - Fondation Copernic", sur ''www.fondation-copernic.org''
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Books

* ''Marx, une critique de la philosophie'' (in French), Seuil (Points Essais), Paris, 2000 * ''L'île, légendes définitives'' (in French), Le Bruit des Autres, Limoges, 2001 (Poetry) * ''L'idéologie ou la pensée embarquée'' (in French), La Fabrique, Paris, 2009 * ''Foucault, Deleuze, Althusser & Marx - La politique dans la philosophie'' (in French), Démopolis, Paris, 2011 * ''Consignes pour un communisme du XXIe siècle'' (in French), La Ville brûle, Montreuil, 2011 (Poetry and object-book) * ''Marx et l'invention historique'' (in French), Syllepse, Paris, 2012 * ''L'or des images : art, monnaie, capital'' (in French), La Dispute, Paris, 2015 * ''Communisme et stratégie'' (in French), Amsterdam, Paris, 2019 * ''Avec Marx, philosophie et politique'' (in French), interviews directed by Alexis Cukier and Isabelle Garo with

Alain Badiou Alain Badiou (; ; born 17 January 1937) is a French philosopher, formerly chair of Philosophy at the École normale supérieure (ENS) and founder of the faculty of Philosophy of the Université de Paris VIII with Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucau ...

, Etienne Balibar,

Jacques Bidet Jacques Bidet (; born 1935) is a French philosopher and social theorist who is currently professor emeritus in the Philosophy Department at the Université de Paris X - Nanterre. His works are mainly devoted to the construction of a theory of ...

Michael Löwy Michael Löwy (born 6 May 1938) is a French-Brazilian Marxist sociologist and philosopher. He is emeritus research director in social sciences at the CNRS (French National Center of Scientific Research) and lectures at the ''École des hautes ...

and

Lucien Sève Lucien Sève (; 9 December 1926 – 23 March 2020) was a French philosopher, communist and political activist. He was an active member of the French Communist Party from 1950 to 2010. His 1969 work ''Marxisme et théorie de la personnalité'' (' ...

, La Dispute, Paris, 2019

References

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