Ypi, Lea


Dr Lea Ypi  

Department

Position held

Department of Government

Lecturer in Political Theory

Non LSE positions held

Department

Position held

Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University

Adjunct Professor of Philosophy

Experience keywords:

justice; migration; democratic theory; cosmopolitanism; globalization; colonialism; Enlightenment; nationalism

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I am interested in normative political theory (including democratic theory, theories of justice, issues of migration and territorial rights) and in Enlightenment political thought (especially Kant). I have also a side research interest in nation-building and the intellectual history of the Balkans (especially Albania).

Countries and regions to which research relates:

Albania; East Europe; Balkans

Languages:

French [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; German [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; Italian [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; Albanian [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]

Media experience:

Has written for mainstream pressTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7066

Alt email:

leaypi@yahoo.it

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2013

Ypi, Lea (2013) The problem of systematic unity in Kant's two definitions of philosophy. In: Bacin, Stefano and Ferrarin, Alfredo and La Rocca, Claudio and Ruffing, Margit, (eds.) Kant und die Philosophie in weltbürgerlicher Absicht Akten des XI. Kant-Kongresses 2010 [Kant and Philosophy in a Cosmopolitan Sense]. De Gruyter, Berlin, Germany. ISBN 9783110246490

Ypi, Lea (2013) Territorial rights and exclusion. Philosophy Compass, 8 (3). pp. 241-253. ISSN 1747-9991

2012

Ypi, Lea and De Schutter, Helder (2012) Language and luck. Politics, philosophy and economics, 11 (4). pp. 357-381. ISSN 1470-594X

Ypi, Lea (2012) Public spaces and the end of art. Philosophy & social criticism, 38 (8). pp. 843-860. ISSN 0191-4537

Ypi, Lea (2012) A permissive theory of territorial rights. European journal of philosophy, online ISSN 1468-0378

Ypi, Lea and Deligiorgi, Katerina (2012) Kant and Hegel. Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain, ISSN 0263-5232

Ypi, Lea (2012) "Brought to life by the idealists, preserved by blind circumstance, killed by politicians": dilemmas of nation-building in Albanian political thought, 1920-1928. East Central Europe, 39 (2-3). pp. 304-330. ISSN 0094-3037

2011

Ypi, Lea (2011) Global justice and avant-garde political agency. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199593873

Ypi, Lea (2011) Teleology and system in Kant’s Architectonic of Pure Reason. In: Baiasu, Sorin and Pihlström, Sami and Williams, Howard, (eds.) Politics and metaphysics in Kant. University of Wales Press. ISBN 9780708323779

Ypi, Lea (2011) Book review: finding its way between realism and utopia: global justice in theory and practice. Res publica, 17 (2). pp. 193-202. ISSN 1356-4765

Ypi, Lea (2011) Self-ownership and the state: a democratic critique. Ratio, 24 (1). pp. 91-106. ISSN 0034-0006

White, Jonathan and Ypi, Lea (2011) On partisan political justification. American political science review, 105 (2). pp. 381-396. ISSN 1537-5943

2010

Ypi, Lea (2010) Shqiptarët, liria për të lëvizur dhe liria për të qëndruar. Panorama

Ypi, Lea (2010) Justice and morality beyond naïve cosmopolitanism. Ethics & Global Politics, 3 (3). pp. 171-192. ISSN 1654-4951

Ypi, Lea (2010) On the confusion between ideal and non-ideal in recent debates on global justice. Political studies, 58 (3). pp. 536-555. ISSN 0032-3217

Ypi, Lea (2010) Book review: freedom, loyalty and the state. Notre Dame philosophical reviews, online ISSN 1538-1617

Ypi, Lea (2010) Non siamo criminali, riforma ora. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2010) Çështja K.. Panorama

Ypi, Lea (2010) Basic rights and cosmopolitan justice from an enlightened localist perspective. Comparative sociology, 9 (5). pp. 594-610. ISSN 1569-1322

Ypi, Lea (2010) Natura daedala rerum? On the justification of historical progress in Kant's guarantee of perpetual peace. Kantian review, 14 (02). pp. 118-148. ISSN 1369-4154

Ypi, Lea (2010) Book review: global democracy: for and against. Political studies review, 8 (1). ISSN 1478-9299

Tamara Lenard, Patti and Straehle, Christine and Ypi, Lea (2010) Global solidarity. Contemporary Political Theory, 9 (1). pp. 99-130. ISSN 1470-8914

2009

Ypi, Lea and Goodin, Robert E. and Barry, Christian (2009) Associative duties, global justice, and the colonies. Philosophy & public affairs, 37 (2). pp. 103-135. ISSN 0048-3915

Ypi, Lea (2009) Il problema dell’allargamento dell’Unione Europea’. In: XXI Secolo: Il mondo e la storia. Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome, Italy, pp. 199-211.

Ypi, Lea (2009) Costituzione Europea. In: XXI Secolo: Il mondo e la storia. Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome, Italy, pp. 199-211.

2008

Ypi, Lea (2008) Il fragile cosmopolitismo del vecchio continente. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2008) La giustizia globale corre sull’innovazione. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2008) Justice in migration: a closed borders utopia? Journal of political philosophy, 16 (4). pp. 391-418. ISSN 0963-8016

Ypi, Lea (2008) Political membership in the contractarian defense of cosmopolitanism. The review of politics, 70 (3). pp. 442-472. ISSN 0034-6705

Ypi, Lea (2008) Midis luminizmit dhe romantizmit: mendimi politik i Rilindjes shqiptare. POLIS, 5 pp. 89-100.

Ypi, Lea (2008) Sovereignty, cosmopolitanism and the ethics of European foreign policy. European journal of political theory, 7 (3). pp. 349-364. ISSN 1474-8851

Ypi, Lea (2008) Statist cosmopolitanism. Journal of political philosophy, 16 (1). pp. 48-71. ISSN 0963-8016

2007

Ypi, Lea (2007) Australia, il governo laburista rivede la ‘soluzione del Pacifico’. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2007) Il Bush-tour arriva in Albania. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2007) The Albanian Renaissance in political thought: between the Enlightenment and Romanticism. East European politics & societies, 21 (4). pp. 661-680. ISSN 0888-3254

Ypi, Lea (2007) Book review: der Tragiker beim frühen Hegel. Christliche Tragödie und Schicksal der Moderne. Hegel-Studien, 42 ISSN 0073-1587

2006

Ypi, Lea (2006) Si al mercato e botte in piazza. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2006) Il mezzo sì dell’Iran ad Annan. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2006) Damasco: niente armi a Nasrallah. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2006) Nuova legge anti-mercenari. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2006) Annan in Israele, i due soldati e il blocco. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2006) Hezbollah avverte: non ce ne andiamo. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2006) Vertice Ue: Siria e Hezbollah, se ne occupi il Libano. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2006) Khartoum dice no alla risoluzione Onu. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2006) Cannonate sulla tregua. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2006) Le regole: ‘forza proporzionata’. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2006) Scontri e vittime, se questa è una tregua. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2006) Tregua, strappo d’Israele. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2006) Le Nazioni disunite, l’Onu chiede aiuto. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2006) Anche l’Onu gira a vuoto. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2006) Siria e Iran ringraziano. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2006) No alla tregua umanitaria: razzi sui convogli. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2006) Le Nazioni unite: ormai è dramma umanitario. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2006) Londra, 100 mila in piazza contro la guerra. Il Manifesto Coop

Ypi, Lea (2006) Grosse koalition in Ucraina. Il Manifesto Coop

2003

Ypi, Lea (2003) Book review: Die Aktualität Hegels. Hegel-Studien, 37 pp. 282-288. ISSN 0073-1587

1996

Ypi, Lea (1996) Vetëm për vete. Cabej MCM, Tirane, Albania.

Ypi, Lea Justice in migration: a closed borders utopia? In: Journal of political philosophy. , pp. 256-284. ISSN 0963-8016

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Lea Ypi’s book articulates and defends an avant-garde conception of political agency, arguing for an “activist” approach to political theory. She links her analysis to normative controversies on global justice.

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