Judith Revel is a philosopher, Italianate and translator who teaches at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Her work focuses on philosophical contemporary thinking. Revel has written several books and numerous articles on Michel Foucault and has edited his book Dits et Ecrits in Italy. Lately, she has been working on the theorizations of the political field in France and Italy since 1945, and on the way they link up with the philosophical representations of history.