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Grau académico:
Doutoramento
Categoria profissional:
Investigador Integrado
Grupo(s) de Investigação:
Teoria Política
E-mail: gballacci@ilch.uminho.pt
Telefone: +351926134165
Website(s):
https://uminho.academia.edu/GiuseppeBallacci
Breve CV: Download PDF
Morada institucional:
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Letras e Ciências Humanas Campus de Gualtar 4710-057 Braga Portugal
Nota biográfica:
Giuseppe Ballacci é Investigador Integrado no Centro para Ética, Política e Sociedade da Universidade do Minho (CEPS). Detém um doutoramento em Teoria Política pela Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, foi visiting scholar na Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Chicago, e New School for Social Research, investigador associado do Centre de Théorie Politique da Université Libre de Bruxelles, professor visitante da IE University, Madrid e em Vesalius College, em Bruxelas. As suas áreas de interesse são Teoria Política Contemporânea, História da Teoria Política, Teoria da democracia, Representação Política, Populismo, e Rétorica. A investigação que desenvolve atualmente foca-se em temas relacionados como a retórica, o juízo político, o populismo, os limites da deliberação racional, ou a relação entre a esfera pública e privada. Entre as suas publicações recentes estão: "Agonistic Deliberation and Deliberative Agonism in Hannah Arendt”, Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory (2019); "Representing Judgment – Judging Representation: Rhetoric, Judgment and Ethos in democratic Representation", Contemporary Political Theory (2018); Political Theory between Philosophy and Rhetoric: Politics as Transcendence and Contingency (Palgrave MacMillan 2018); “Richard Rorty’s Unfulfilled Humanism and the Public/Private Divide", Review of Politics (2017); "Reassessing the Rhetoric Revival in Political Theory: Cicero, Eloquence, and the Best Form of Life", Redescriptions: Political Thought, Conceptual History and Feminist Theory (2015).
Interesses de investigação:
Contemporary Political Theory, History of Political Thought, Democratic Theory, Political Representation, Rhetoric.
Cargos:
Full Researcher at the University of Minho
2019 - ... (Membro)
Young Citizens: Attitudes to Democracy of Young Citizens in Times of Populist Critique of Democratic Legitimacy
The project is funded by the Czech Grant Academy for a two years period (2019-2021) and is based at the Charles University of Prague, Dept. of Political Science. Project number is GA19-06841S. PI: Tomáš Dvořák (Charles University, Prague)
2016 - 2016 (Membro)
The Symbolism of Democracy. Mise en Scène, Representation and the Political Imaginary
Research-Project “The Symbolism of Democracy. Mise en Scène, Representation and the Political Imaginary", funded by Volkswagen Foundation, (2009-2017), PI: Dr. Paula Diehl, Humboldt-Universität Berlin. I have participated as guest researcher in the period 1 October, 31 December 2016.
2013 - 2015 (Membro)
Poetics of Selfhood - Memory, Imagination, and Narrativity”
Research Project “Poetics of Selfhood - Memory, Imagination, and Narrativity” (PTDC/MHC-FIL/4203/2012) funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology of Portugal. Main Researcher: Prof. Paulo Renato Jesus
Ballacc, G. (2018). Political Theory between Philosophy and Rhetoric: Politics as Transcendence and Contingency. London: Palgrave MacMillan.
Ballacci, G. (2019). Deliberative Agonism and Agonistic Deliberation in Hannah Arendt. Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory, 66(161), 1-24.
Ballacci, G. and Martins, P. (2019). Introduction to the special section "Lying and Hypocrisy in Politics and Morality, With Ruth Grant". Ethics, Politics & Society. A Journal in Moral and Political Philosophy, 2(1), 95-99.
Ballacci, G. (2018). Representing Judgment – Judging Representation: Rhetoric, Judgment, and Ethos in Democratic Representation. Contemporary Political Theory (First Online, 2018).
Ballacci, G. (2017). The Creation of the ‘People’ in Laclau’s Theory of Populism: A Critical Assessment. Filosofický časopis (The Philosophical Journal), vol. 57(special issue): 51-69.
Ballacci, G. (2017). Richard Rorty’s Unfulfilled Humanism and the Public/Private Divide. The Review of Politics, vol. 79(3): 427-450.
Ballacci, G. (2015). La ciencia de la historia de Giambattista Vico entre modernidad y antigüedad, filosofía y retórica. Diacrítica, 29(2): 185-202.
Ballacci, G. (2015). Reassessing the Rhetoric Revival in Political Theory: Cicero, Eloquence, and the Best Form of Life. Redescriptions: Political Thought, Conceptual History and Feminist Theory, 18(2): 201-223.
Ballacci, G. (2013). Citizens Who Think and Act: The Rhetorical-Political Conceptions of Isocrates, Cicero, and Quintilian. Anamnesis: A Journal for the Study of Tradition, Place, and Things Divine, 2(2): 41-71.
Ballacci, G. (2013). Comentário sobre ‘A Filosofia Política e o Futuro Indefinido’ de João Cardoso Rosas, (Capítulo I). Diacrítica, 27(2): 319-324.
Ballacci. G. (2012). La concepción retórica-política de Isócrates, Cicerón, y Quintiliano. Cuadernos sobre Vico, vol. 25-26: 129-148.
Ballacci, G. (2008). Giambattista Vico y Eric Voegelin: fundamentos y lenguaje simbólico. Utopia y Praxis Latinoamericana, 13(43): 117-132.
Ballacci, G. (2006). ¿Qué perspectivas para la cosmópolis? Reconsiderando el debate sobre el universalismo a través de Giambattista Vico. Foro Interno: Anuario de Teoría Política, 6: 67-98.
Ballacci, G. (2020). Cícero. In J. Cardoso Rosas (ed.), Manual de História da Filosofia Política, Lisboa: Presença (no prelo).
Ballacci, G. (2019). Hannah Arendt. In J. Cardoso Rosas (ed.), Manual de História da Filosofia Política, Lisboa: Presença (no prelo).
Ballacci, G. (2014). Actualizing Democratic Citizenship: Hannah Arendt and Classical Rhetoric on Judgment and Persuasion. In P. Kitromilides (ed.), Athenian Legacies. European Debates on Citizenship (pp. 381-411), Florence: Leo S. Olschki.
Ballacci, G. (2011). Eric Voegelin e Giambattista Vico: trascendenza e contingenza della politica. In G. F. Lami (ed.), Lo stato degli studi voegeliniani. A 50 anni da Order and History. Milan: Franco Angeli.
Ballacci, G. (2009). Rethinking Political Community from Neglected Places. In G. Baker and J. Bartelson (Eds.), The Future of Political Community (pp. 129-143). London: Routledge.
Ballacci, G. (2011). Hannah Arendt: A Rhetorical Political Philosopher?. Proceedings of 82nd Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association.
Ballacci, G. (2007). Eric Voegelin and Giambattista Vico: A Rhetorical Reading. Proceedings of the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA).
Ballacci, G. (2018). {Review of the book Teachers of the People: Political Education in Rousseau, Hegel, Tocqueville, and Mill, by D. R. Villa]. Contemporary Political Theory (First online April, 2018).
Ballacci, G. (2005). [Review of the book The Ethics of Identity, by K. A. Appiah]. Foro Interno: Anuario de Teoría Política, 5: 133-136.
Ballacci, G. (2004). [Review of the book Worlds of Difference: European Discourses of Toleration, C. 1100-1550, by C. J. Nederman]. Foro Interno: Anuario de Teoría Política, 4: 192-194.
2019/01/30 - 2019/01/31 | Universidade do Minho
IV Braga Colloquium in the History of Moral and Political Philosophy - “The Politics of Emotions: Historical Insights and Contemporary Challenges"
2017/01/12 - 2017/01/13 | Universidade do Minho
II Braga Colloquium in the History of Moral and Political Philosophy - “Hypocrisy and Lying in Politics”
2016/01/14 - 2016/01/15 | Universidade do Minho
I Braga Colloquium in the History of Moral and Political Philosophy - “Political Representation, the People, and Political Leadership”
2014/09/08 - 2014/09/10 | University of Manchester
Varieties of Aesthetic Politics - MANCEPT Workshops 2014
2013/06/21 - 2013/06/23 | Universidade do Minho
International Conference, Rhetoric, between the Theory and Practice of Politics
2012/01/23 - 2012/01/26 | CES, Universidade de Coimbra
Political Philosophy Week
2011/10/05 - 2011/10/07 | Universidade do Minho
International Conference: “Distributive Justice in Health”
Seminário (Por convite)
Ballacc, G. 'What is democratic judgment?: Nadia Urbinati’s theory of representative democracy'. In Democracy and Opinion: On Nadia Urbinati’s Theory of Democracy, Workshop, 9 December, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. https://www.ff.cuni.cz/udalost/democracy-opinion-nadia-urbinatis-theory-democracy/
Colóquio/Congresso
Ballacci, G. 'Populist Forms and Populist Contents'. In 'Ways Forward for Democracy - International Conference', 24-26 July, Technical University of Munich, Germany. https://www.hfp.tum.de/fileadmin/w00bwi/theory/Veranstaltungen/CfP__WaysforwardforDemocray_HfP_Munich_July_2019.pdf
Curso breve/Workshop
Ballacci, G., "A Critique of Populist Reason: Exploring Populism as Form and Content”, in "Democracy, Rights, and Populism: Contested Concepts and Rhetorical Uses, Civic Constellation II Project – Workshop IV", 22-23 November, University of Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli, Italy.
Colóquio/Congresso
Ballacci, G., “Populism: Right-Wing, Left-Wing, or Distinctive Ideology?”, In "Interdisciplinarity: Conceptual Explorations - 21st International Conference on the History of Concepts", 25-28 September, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
Colóquio/Congresso (Por convite)
Ballacci, G., "On Richard Rorty’s Anti-humanism Humanism: Some Considerations", In "Revisiting Richard Rorty" 25-26 September, CEPS, Universidade do Minho, Braga Portugal.
Curso breve/Workshop (Por convite)
Ballacci, G., "The Creation of the ‘People’ in Laclau’s Theory of Populism: A Critical Assessment”, In Workshop “Political Representation and its Crisis”, 7 March, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Curso breve/Workshop (Por convite)
Ballacci, G., "The Creation of the ‘People’ in Laclau’s Theory of Populism: A Critical Assessment”, In Workshop "Symbolism of Democracy", 29-30 July, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Colóquio/Congresso
Ballacci, G., "Populism and the Creation of the People, between Rupture and Consent”, In "Current Populism in Europe: Impact on the Political Landscape - International Conference", 23-24 May, Goethe-Institut and University of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
Colóquio/Congresso
Ballacci, G., “Populism and the Creation of the People, between Rupture and Consent”, In "Philosophy and Social Sciences – Annual Conference", 18-22 May, Institute of Philosophy at the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
Colóquio/Congresso
Ballacci, G., "Judgment, Ethos, and Rhetoric in Democratic Representation”, In "66th Political Studies Association Annual Conference", 21-23 March, Brighton, UK.
Seminário (Por convite)
Ballacci, G., “Rhetoric and Political Theory”, In "POLIS Seminar", 8 March, Centre de Théorie Politique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Seminário (Por convite)
Ballacci, G., “Judgment, Ethos, and Rhetoric in Democratic Representation”, In "Ripple’s Plenary Seminars", 3 December, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Colóquio/Congresso (Por convite)
Ballacci, G., "Judging Representation - Representing Judgment: On the Relevance of Ethos in Political Representation”, In "Life Stories: International Congress on Narrative Social Sciences, Poetics of Selfhood Research Project", 1-4 September, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
Seminário (Por convite)
Ballacci, G., "Political Representation and the Construction of Political Identities”, In "Social Movements and Political Action Seminar Series", 20 May, ISCTE University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
Colóquio/Congresso
Ballacci, G., "Judging Representation – Representing Judgment: On the Rhetorical Dimension of Political Representation”, In "Building Consensus. Rhetoric between Democracy and Conflict", 15-18 April, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Seminário (Por convite)
Ballacci, G., “Algumas considerações sobre a divisão entre cultivo de si e compromisso político em Richard Rorty”, In "Poetics of Selfhood Research Project Seminar Series", 27 February, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
Colóquio/Congresso
Ballacci, G., “Toward a Post-Deliberative Turn in Democratic Theory: Representation, Judgment, and Rhetorical Literacy”, In "Power and Representation" - International Conference, 4-6 June, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Colóquio/Congresso
Ballacci, "On Richard Rorty and the rhetorical divide between private self-creation and public commitment”, In "IV International Congress of Political Theory and Philosophy: Democracy, what Future?", 5-6 November, CEHUM University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Colóquio/Congresso
Ballacci, G., “On Richard Rorty and the rhetorical divide between private self-creation and public commitment”, In 109th Annual Conference - American Political Science Association, 29 August – 1 September, Chicago, US.
Colóquio/Congresso (Por convite)
Ballacci, G., "A propósito do livro de João Cardoso Rosas 'Futuro Indefinido. Ensaios de Filosofia política'", In "XIV Colóquio de Outono", 8-10 November, CEHUM, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Colóquio/Congresso
Ballacci, G., “Reassessing the ‘Rhetorical Revival’ in Political Theory”, In "Association for Political Theory – Annual Meeting", 11-13 October, University of South Carolina, Columbia, US.
Colóquio/Congresso
Ballacci, G., “The Politics of Redescription and Democracy: Going beyond Rorty”, In "London Conference in Critical Thought", 29-30 June, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, UK.
Colóquio/Congresso
Ballacci, G., “Recovering the whole extension of politics: the anti-ideological and anti-relativist roots of Arendt, Strauss, and Voegelin”, In "VI Conference of the Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política", 1-3 March, ISCSP Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Colóquio/Congresso
Ballacci, G., "Actualizing Democratic Citizenship: Hannah Arendt and Classical Rhetoric on Judgment and Persuasion”, In "II International Conference of the European Society for the History of Political Thought", 19-20 January, Athens, Greece.
Colóquio/Congresso
Ballacci, G., “Actualizing Democratic Citizenship: Hannah Arendt and Classical Rhetoric on Judgment and Persuasion”, In "43rd Annual Meeting, Northeastern Political Science Association", 17-19 November, Philadelphia, US.
Colóquio/Congresso
Ballacci, G., “Citizens Who Think and Act: Some Reflections on the Rhetorical Tradition of Isocrates, Cicero, Quintilian and the Humanists”, In "Challenging Citizenship - International Conference" 3-4 June, Centre for Social Studies (CES), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Seminário (Por convite)
Ballacci, G., “Novas tendências na teoria democrática: uma perspectiva retórica sobre deliberação”, In "TransCEHUM: Jornadas de Jovens Investigadores CEHUM", 29 April, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Colóquio/Congresso
Ballacci, G., “Hannah Arendt: A Rhetorical Political Philosopher?”, in "82nd Annual Meeting – Southern Political Science Association" 6-8 January, New Orleans, US.
Seminário (Por convite)
Ballacci, G., “La política entre retórica y filosofía. Consideraciones sobre el espacio de la política”, In "Gobierno y Teoría Política para el siglo XXI. Retos y oportunidades, I Assembleia General del Centro Internacional de Estudios de Gobierno y Teoría Política", 27 October, Durango, Mexico.
Curso breve/Workshop (Por convite)
Ballacci, G., Platón, Aristóteles, Cicerón y Quintiliano acerca de la retórica”, In "Jornadas de teoría política - Centro de Teoría Política", 16-17 April, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Colóquio/Congresso
Ballacci, G., “Philosophy versus Rhetoric: the Enduring Contest Over the Political”, In "The Idea of Politics: History and Theory - Graduate Conference", March, 16-17 March, King’s College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Colóquio/Congresso
Ballacci, G., “The Democratic Value of Metaphors: Lessons from the Ancients and the Moderns”, In "2nd Graduate Conference - European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)", 25-27 August, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Colóquio/Congresso
Ballacci, G., “The Democratic Value of Metaphors”, In "9th Essex Conference in Critical Political Theory", 12-13 June, University of Essex, Essex, UK.
Colóquio/Congresso
Ballacci, G., “Eric Voegelin and Giambattista Vico: A Rhetorical Reading”, In "Political Science and Beyond - 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Associations (APSA)", 30 August – 2 September, Chicago, US.
Colóquio/Congresso
Ballacci, G., “Rethinking Political Community from Neglected Places”, In "Joint Session - European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)", 25-30 April, Intercollege, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2019 - (...)
Lying and Hypocrisy in Politics and Morality, With Ruth Grant
