Stathis Kouvelakis taught political theory at King’s College London (2002-2020), he’s now an independent researcher based in Paris and a life-long militant of the radical Left. He is the author and editor of many books, including La critique défaite. Emergence et domestication de la Théorie critique (Editions Amsterdam, Paris, 2019), Philosophy and Revolution. From Kant to Marx (Verso, 2d edition 2018), the Routledge Handbook of Marxism and Post-Marxism  (with Alex Callinicos and Lucia Pradella, Routledge, New York, 2020) and Lenin Reloaded: Toward a Politics of Truth (co-edited with Sebastian Budgen and Slavoj Zizek, Duke University Press, Durham, 2007). His work has been translated in many languages. He is regular contributor to Jacobin (US) and Contretemps (France), of which he’s a member of the editorial board.