<p>As one of Louis Althusser's most brilliant students in the 1960s, Etienne Balibar contributed to the theoretical collective masterpiece of <em>Reading Capital</em>. Since then he has established himself amongst the most subtle philosophical and political thinkers in France. </p><p>In <em>Politics and the Other Scene</em> Balibar deepens and extends the work he first developed with Immanuel Wallerstein in <em>Race, Nation, Class</em>. Exploring the theme of universalism and difference, he addresses such topical questions as European racism, the notion of the border, whether a European citizenship is possible or desirable, violence and politics, and identity and emancipation. </p>