André Glucksmann
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French philosopher (1937–2015)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1937-06-19 ) 19 June 1937, Boulogne-Billancourt , France
- Died
- 10 November 2015 (2015-11-10) (aged 78), Paris , France
- Alma mater
- École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud
- Era
- 20th- , 21st-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Continental philosophy , Nouveaux Philosophes
- Main interests
- Political philosophy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Boulogne-Billancourt
- Place of death
- 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris
- Child
- Raphaël Glucksmann
- Occupation
- thinker
- Educated at
- lycée du Parc
- Employer
- Paris 8 University
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Image
- Andre Glucksmann2.jpg
- Significant event
- funeral
- Political ideology
- Atlanticism
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- Commons category
- André Glucksmann
- date of birth
- 1937-00-00
- date of death
- 2015-00-00
- name in native language
- André Glucksmann
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- French
- birth name
- Joseph André Glucksmann
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Encyclopedic overview
André Glucksmann ( French: [ɡlyksman]; 19 June 1937 – 10 November 2015) was a French philosopher, activist, and writer. He was a leading figure of the new philosophers. Glucksmann began his career as a Marxist, who went on to reject Marxism–Leninism and real socialism in the popular book La Cuisinière et le Mangeur d'Hommes (1975), and later became an anti-Communist and outspoken critic of the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russian foreign policy. He was a strong supporter of human rights. In later years, he opposed the claim that Islamic terrorism is the product of the clash of civilizations between Islam and the Western world.
Early years
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