Lea Ypi
Professor in Political Theory, London School of Economics and Political Science
Professor in Political Theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science and an Honorary Professor in Philosophy at the Australian National University. I am a 2019 Philip Leverhulme Prize Winner. I am interested in the history of political thought, justice, democratic theory, critiques of capitalism and the intellectual history of the Balkans. My latest book, Free, a coming of age story is set in the transition from socialism to liberalism.
EXPs by Lea Ypi
In thinking about how citizenship has historically been a vehicle of enfranchisement, it’s worth reflecting on the fact that the fate of citizenship has been bound up with the emergence and consolidation of the modern state.
When we think about the relationship between liberalism and socialism, we have to be careful not to associate different ideals to these different conceptions.
In thinking about the question of whether political parties should be reformed and why they have failed historically, it’s important to turn to the question of what makes a party morally desirable.