ALEXANDRE LEFEBVRE

I am Professor of Politics and Philosophy at The University of Sydney.

I teach and research in political theory, the history of political thought, modern and contemporary French philosophy, and human rights. I grew up in Vancouver, Canada, studied in the United States (PhD, The Johns Hopkins University, Humanities Center 2007), and now call Sydney home.

For the past decade, my work has focused on one big idea: “political” ideas and institutions can and do inspire rich and rewarding ways of life. You can read about my research here and browse my books here.

My latest book, Liberalism as a Way of Life (Princeton 2024), is about how so many of us are liberals all the way down and draw our values (and our sense of what’s good, right, normal, outrageous, wrong, funny, worthwhile, and much more) from liberalism.