Books by Alexandre Lefebvre

Examining human rights discourse from the French Revolution to the present, Alexandre Lefebvre turns common assumptions about human rights-that its main purpose is to enable, protect, and care for those in need-on their heads, showing how the value of human rights lies in its support of ethical self-care.

As the first book in English dedicated to Bergson's political philosophy, this study develops an original concept of human rights as a medium of self-care and personal transformation.

The Image of Law is the first book to examine law through the work of Gilles Deleuze, activating his thought within problems of jurisprudence and developing a concept of judgment that acknowledges its inherently creative capacity.