Costas Douzinas
Costas Douzinas (Greek: Κώστας Δουζίνας; born 1951) is a professor of law, a founder of the Birkbeck School of Law and the Department of Law of the University of Cyprus, the founding director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London, the President of the Nikos Poulantzas Institute and a former politician.
Biography
Douzinas was educated in
Douzinas has been a visiting professor at many universities, including the
Douzinas is well known for his work in
Douzinas contributes articles and columns to newspapers and websites around Europe, including the Guardian and open democracy. He writes the fortnightly column Political and Philosophical Current in Efimerida Syntakton. His many books have been translated in twelve languages.
In 2015, Douzinas was elected member of Hellenic Parliament for
Bibliography
- "States of Exception: Human Rights, Biopolitics. Utopia" (Elgar 2023)
- "Life in Dark Times" (ebook, Nissos 2023) with Michael Bartsidis
- "Left Governmentally" (ebook, Nissos 2023) with Michael Bartsidis
- The Radical Philosophy of Rights (Routledge, 2019)
- From the University Chair to Parliament's Benches: The Life and Times of a Left Government (Nissos, 2019)
- Syriza in Power: Reflections of an Accidental Politician (Polity 2017)
- The Meaning of Human Rights (CUP, 2014), with Conor Gearty
- Cambridge Companion to Human Rights Law (CUP, 2013), with Conor Gearty
- Philosophy and Resistance in the Crisis (Polity, 2013), translated in 4 languages
- The Idea of Communism (Verso, 2012), with Slavoj Zizek
- Critical Legal Thinking: Law and the Political (with Matthew Stone and Illan rua Wall) (Birkbeck Law Press/Routledge, 2012)
- Nomos and Aesthetics (Athens: Papazissis, 2009)
- Adieu, Derrida (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007)
- Human Rights and Empire: The Political Philosophy of Cosmopolitanism (Routledge Cavendish, 2007) translated in five languages
- Critical Jurisprudence (with Adam Gearey) (Hart, 2005)
- The End of Human Rights (Hart, 2000) translated in six languages
- Law and the Image: The Authority of Art and the Aesthetics of Law (with Lynn Nead) (University of Chicago Press, 1999)
- Justice Miscarried: Ethics and Aesthetics in Law (with Ronnie Warrington) (Prentice-Hall, 1995)
- Politics, Postmodernity and Critical Legal Studies: The Legality of the Contingent (Routledge, 1994)
- Postmodern Jurisprudence (Routledge, 1990), with Ronnie Warrington
References
External links
- Critical Legal Thinking
- Birkbeck Institute of the Humanities, Biography
- Interview with Costas Douzinas at Ràdio Web MACBA (2010)
- The Mediterranean to Come – An essay by Costas Douzinas for MACBA's Quaderns Portátils series (2010)