Alexandre Kojève
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Russian-born French philosopher and statesman
Key facts
- Born
- Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kozhevnikov , ( 1902-04-28 ) 28 April 1902, Moscow , Russia
- Died
- 4 June 1968 (1968-06-04) (aged 66), Brussels , Belgium
- Spouse
- Cécile Léonidovna Shoutak ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1927 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1929 )
- Alma mater
- University of Berlin , University of Heidelberg
- Doctoral advisor
- Karl Jaspers
- Era
- 20th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Continental philosophy Neo-Hegelianism Existential phenomenology Marxism
- Institutions
- École pratique des hautes études
- Notable students
- Allan Bloom
- Main interests
- Philosophy of history , master–slave dialectic , political philosophy
- Notable ideas
- Subjects of desire
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- statelessness
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Place of death
- Brussels
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Employer
- La contemporaine
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Student of
- Karl Jaspers
- Field of work
- German idealism
- Movement
- continental philosophy
- Image
- Alexandre Kojève.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1902-05-11
- date of death
- 1968-06-04
- name in native language
- Alexandre Kojève
- relative
- Wassily Kandinsky
- student
- Jean Hyppolite
- place of burial
- Evere
- birth name
- Aleksandr Vladimirovitch Kojevnikov
- influenced by
- Alexandre Koyré
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Encyclopedic overview
Alexandre Kojève (born Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kozhevnikov; 28 April 1902 – 4 June 1968) was a Russian-born French philosopher and international civil servant whose philosophical seminars influenced 20th-century French philosophy, particularly via his integration of Hegelian concepts into twentieth-century continental philosophy.
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