Dr Christiaan Boonen

Bio

Christiaan Boonen (1988) studied history at Ghent University, and philosophy at Ghent University (BA) and the University of Amsterdam (MA). He has a PhD in political philosophy from the University of Leuven (RIPPLE) and was a visiting researcher at the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (at Kingston University) in 2018. 

He has published on the following themes: political universalism and its contradictions (in the work of Étienne Balibar); violence and democratization in the radical democratic tradition; rights and emancipation in the Marxist tradition; and property and democracy in the commons-literature.

Currently, he is working on the political philosophy and critical theory of work (with a focus on the philosophy of Herbert Marcuse).

Courses

• Skills Lab 3
• Philosophy,Science&Free Markets for EBE
• Close Reading 1
• Philosophy of Public Governance
• Interpreting Humanity (Spring)
• Philosophy of Communication

Top publications

1. Étienne Balibar on the dialectic of universal citizenship

   Boonen, C. (2022). Étienne Balibar on the dialectic of universal citizenship. Philosophy and Social Criticism, 48(6), 904-933. Article 01914537211042611.

2. At the Outer Limits of Democratic Division: on Citizenship, Conflict …

   Boonen, C. (2020). At the Outer Limits of Democratic Division: on Citizenship, Conflict and Violence in the Work of Chantal Mouffe and Étienne Balibar. International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, 33, 529-544.

3. Limits to the Politics of Subjective Rights: Reading Marx After Lefort

   Boonen, C. (2019). Limits to the Politics of Subjective Rights: Reading Marx After Lefort. Law and Critique, 30, 179-199.

4. Uren voor wat we willen - Recensie van Dit Leven (Martin Hägglund)

   Boonen, C. (2023, May 20). Uren voor wat we willen: Recensie van Dit Leven (Martin Hägglund). https://www.dereactor.org/teksten/uren-voor-wat-we-willen