Estelle Ferrarese

Estelle Ferrarese
OccupationsPhilosophy professor, author
AwardsPhiloMonaco Essay Prize (2026)
Education
EducationParis 8 University
ThesisCulture and public sphere : unvarying structures and inflexions in Jürgen Habermas' political theory (2000)
Jean-Marie Vincent
Philosophical work
EraContemporary Philosophy
RegionWestern Philosophy
InstitutionsUniversity of Picardy Jules Verne
Main interests
Political philosophy, Moral philosophy, Social philosophy, ethics of care
Notable works
Une philosophie des sanglots

Estelle Ferrarese is a French professor of moral and political philosophy at Picardie-Jules-Verne University in Amiens.

Education, career, and distinctions

Her doctorate in political science was obtained in 2001 from Paris 8 University. Her thesis, "Culture and public sphere : unvarying structures and inflexions in Jürgen Habermas' political theory," was defended under the supervision of Jean-Marie Vincent.[1] Her habilitation to direct research focused on vulnerability as a political object.[2]

Ferrarese a Senior Member (since 2022) of the Institut Universitaire de France,[3][2] She is a visiting professor at the New School for Social Research in New York City,[2] as well as at Humboldt University[2] in Berlin and at the University of Potsdam.[4]

From 2015-2016, she was a research fellow at Centre Marc Bloch in Germany, which is affiliated with the French National Centre for Scientific Research (also known as the CNRS.)[5] She was also a full professor at the University of Strasbourg.[5] Currently, she is a professor of political and moral philosophy at University of Picardy Jules Verne.

An author of 14 books, her latest work, Une philosophie des sanglots, won the essay prize (2026) from Les Rencontres Philosophiques de Monaco.[6][7]

Research

She combines moral and political philosophy to study and write about the ethics of care and vulnerability. Drawing largely on Theodor W. Adorno and influenced by Sandra Laugier, her argument is that our understanding of how care is organized ought to be founded on the normative expectations and material conditions in a social context.[8] Her work reflects the ideas of the Frankfort School on critical theory updated by feminism.[2] To use her own words, from the translated abstract of a lecture she delivered at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, her work is anchored in critical theory and feminism, exploring the "Adornian critique of the notion of altruism." She is also concerned with the difficulties of translating the word "care" within the Latin languages.[9]

Selected works

Books

  • The Market of Virtue: A Critique of Ethical Consumerism, Edinburgh University Press, 2026. 160p. Translated by Steven Corcoran.
  • Une philosophie des sanglots, Payot & Rivages, 2025. ISBN 9782743665937.
  • Le marché de la vertu: Critique de la consommation éthique, Librairie philosophique J. Vrin, 2023. ISBN 9782711631292.
  • French: La fragilité du souci des autres, Librairie philosophique J. Vrin, 2018. ISBN 9782847889994.
    • English translation: The Fragility of Concern for Others: Adorno and the Ethics of Care, Edinburgh University Press, 2020. 160p. Translated by Steven Corcoran. ISBN 9781474467414.
  • "Contemporary moral philosophy: three models of vulnerability." Care Ethics in Yet a Different Voice: Francophone Contributions (2020): 125-139. (ebook) ISBN 9789042940840.
  • Vulnerability and Critical Theory. Brill Publishers, 2018. ISBN 9789004367906.
  • The Politics of Vulnerability. (1st ed., ebook). Routledge, 2017. ISBN 9781351719551. Ferrarese edited the work and wrote the introduction, "Vulnerability: A concept with which to undo the world as it is?", a text that was originally published in Critical Horizons, 17:2, May 2016, pp.149-159. Other contributors to the work: Robert Castel, Veena Das, Penelope Deutscher, Sandra Laugier, Noémi Michel, and Alyson Cole.
  • Ethique Et Politique de l’Espace Public: Jurgen Habermas Et La Discussion. Librairie philosophique J. Vrin, 2015.

Collaborative work

Articles

References

  1. ↑ "Culture et espace public : des constantes et inflexions de la théorie politique de Jürgen Habermas" [Culture and public sphere : unvarying structures and inflexions in Jürgen Habermas' political theory]. Theses.fr. Paris 8. 2001. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Estelle Ferrarese". Philomonaco. Les Rencontres Philosophiques de Monaco. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Membres, Institut Universitaire de France". IUF. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Estelle Ferrarese - University of Picardie Jules Verne". Academia U-picardie. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  5. 1 2 Ferrarese, Estelle. 2016. “Vulnerability: A Concept with Which to Undo the World As It Is?” Critical Horizons 17 (2): 149–59. doi:10.1080/14409917.2016.1153885.
  6. ↑ "Le Prix PhiloMonaco de l'Essai 2026". Philomonaco (in French). Les Rencontres Philosophiques de Monaco. 2026. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  7. ↑ Degiovanni, Clara (26 June 2026). "Estelle Ferrarese : "Il y a dans le sanglot un refus de toute consolation"" [Estelle Ferrarese: “In the sob, there is a refusal of all consolation.”]. Philomag (in French). Philosophie Magazine. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  8. ↑ Schoonheim, Liesbeth, Tivadar Vervoort, and Estelle Ferrarese. 2022. “The Politics of Vulnerability and Care: An Interview With Estelle Ferrarese”. Krisis | Journal for Contemporary Philosophy 42 (1): 77-92. https://doi.org/10.21827/krisis.42.1.38697.
  9. ↑ "Abstract" (PDF). es.pusc.it. Pontifical University of the Holy Cross. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
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