Patxi Lancers (Bilbao, 1962) is a professor of Political Philosophy and Cultural Theory at the University of Deusto (Bilbao). A regular contributor to various journals and periodicals, his books include: Cultural identities (University of Deusto, 1997), the fate of the gods (Trotta, 2001) or Fragile truths, useful lies: ethics, aesthetics and politics of postmodernity (Hiria, 2000), Politically minded. From revolution to globalization (Anthropos, 2005), Tired modernity and other weariness (New Library, 2006) and Outlaws. Power, justice, and excess (Abada, 2012).