Nicolas Prévélakis Senior Fellow - Political theory Senior FellowFollow Social affairsNicolas Prévélakis is Associate Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences at Harvard University, where he teaches the history of political thought. His work focuses on the theory of secularization, nationalism, the relationship between religion and politics, the role of fear in politics, and the conception of the self in the history of philosophy. He has published numerous articles and book chapters on these subjects.He is also Associate Director of Curricular Development at the Center for Hellenic Studies and affiliate of Harvard's Center for European Studies.Nicolas Prévélakis holds a first doctorate in moral and political philosophy from the Université Paris-Sorbonne and a second doctorate in political sociology from Boston University.PublicationsOuvrageSeptember 2025Liberalism: Returning to Its Roots and Recommitting to the Common GoodThis essay revisits liberalism, between heritage and criticism, to defend its relevance today. Faced with democratic crises, it calls for a French-style renewal, reconciling liberty, equality, and fraternity in a spirit of responsibility and pluralism.