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Professor Alexandre Lefebvre, based at the University of Sydney, is a leading scholar in political theory, history of political thought, and modern French philosophy, with a focus on Henri Bergson. He earned his Ph.D. in Humanities from Johns Hopkins University (2007) and has since become a prominent voice in human rights and liberalism as transformative ways of life.
- Professor of Politics and Philosophy
- Member, The Vere Gordon Childe Centre
- Supervises Honours and Postgraduate students in Government and International Relations and Philosophy
His research explores how political ideas and institutions shape personal values, humor, morality, and spirituality. He argues that liberalism is not just a political framework but an all-encompassing way of life, as seen in his critically acclaimed book Liberalism as a Way of Life (Princeton, 2024). This work was praised by The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Washington Post for its insights into liberal ethics and self-cultivation.
Recent projects include editing Henri Bergson’s lost lectures at the Collège de France (Bloomsbury, 2024-2026), co-edited with Nils Schott. His work spans liberalism, human rights, and existential philosophy, with a focus on self-transformation, spiritual exercises, and ethical living.
He has received numerous scientific awards, including the Australian Award for University Teaching (2019), Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Fellowship (2021-2022), and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2019-).
His advising includes supervising Ph.D. student Yanyun Yang on topics like Confucianism and Human Rights Education. He has also secured Research Fellowships at institutions like Princeton University and Osaka University.
