Professor of Philosophy at the University of Strasbourg between 1968 and 2004, and visiting professor at the Universities of Berlin and Berkeley. It is one of the most prominent thinkers of contemporary philosophical scene, where he has helped to coin and develop some of its major themes: the "inoperative community", "being singular plural" the body, the sense of the world or experience freedom. Lately, her reflection appears closely linked to artistic work in its many expressions. Among his recent books translated into Castilian should be noted portrait gaze, Hegel, concerns about the negative, Being singular plural, The Intruder and The Forbidden representation.