Gabriela Basterra
Gabriela Basterra is a professor of Comparative Literature and Spanish at New York University. She is primarily known for her work on philosophy and literature, ethical subjectivity, rhetoric, poetry, tragedy, psychoanalysis, ethics and politics. Life and work Basterra received her Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard University in 1997, and has taught at NYU ever since. She has also been a visiting professor at Princeton University. Between 2004-10 Professor Basterra held the position of Directeur de Programme at the Collège International de Philosophie in Paris. Seminars Basterra has contributed to major conferences and events on Kant, Emmanuel Levinas, Paul Ricoeur, Ernesto Laclau, political subjectivity and rhetoric, and her lectures have been broadcast on Radio France Culture Her program "Autonomie Tragique: Interaction entre le politique et l'éthique", at the Collège International de Philosophie included her seminars "La mort tragique comme évasion" (2005), "Éthiques du brisement" (2006), “Brisement éthique, désir du politique” (2007), “Se faire signe” (2008), “Poétique du laps” (2009) and “Être inspiré” (2010). Books and publications Gabriela Basterra is the author of two books, Seductions of Fate: Tragic Subjectivity, Ethics, Politics (2004) and The Subject of Freedom: Kant, Levinas (2015) . She has co-edited Quel sujet du politique?