Given the question: Facts: - influences: karl marx louis althusser jean hippolyte baruch spinoza - region: western philosophy - school tradition: post-marxism - influenced: jacques ranciere slavoj Zizek stephen resnick john milios - birth date: 23 april 1942 - main interests: politics - name: Etienne balibar - notable ideas: equaliberty - image: Etienne balibar.jpg - era: 20th / 21st-century philosophy - birth place: avallon , burgundy , france Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of Etienne balibar .
The answer is:
Etienne balibar -lrb- born 23 april 1942 -rrb- is a french philosopher and a distinguished professor of french & italian and comparative literature at the university of california irvine .