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Régis Debray
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OverviewAI-generated
Régis Debray is a French philosopher, writer, journalist, and official. Born in Paris on 2 September 1940, he holds French citizenship and writes in French. His academic background includes studies at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Lycée Janson-de-Sailly, University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, and the École Normale Supérieure, where François Dagognet served as his doctoral advisor. Debray is a member of the Académie Goncourt and has held the position of president.
He has received several awards, including the Concours général, Prix Femina, Prix Décembre, and the Today Prize. His work spans the essay genre, with notable titles such as *30 ans de débats*, *La divine machinerie*, *revolution in the revolution?*, and *La neige brûle*. Debray is married to Elizabeth Burgos and is the father of Laurence Debray.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 02 September 1940
- Works
- 210
Top works
- 30 ans de débats
- La divine machinerie
- revolution in the revolution?
- La neige brûle
- revolution in the revolution
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 11
- Total plays
- 54
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,417x
- PLGA-based nanoparticles: An overview of biomedical applications
· 2012 · cited 3,323x
- A Prospective, Randomized Trial of Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation and Chemotherapy in Multiple Myeloma
· 1996 · cited 2,291x
- Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with life-threatening COVID-19
· 2020 · cited 2,284x
- Prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of covid-19: systematic review and critical appraisal
· 2020 · cited 2,193x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “We know that Trotskyism flies in the face of common sense, in that its strength lies in its division. It is everywhere and nowhere. It exposes itself by hiding itself. It is never what it is, Trotskyist.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1940-09-02 ) 2 September 1940 (age 85) , Paris, Occupied France
- Occupation
- Journalist, writer, academic
- Language
- French
- Alma mater
- École Normale Supérieure , Pantheon-Sorbonne University
- Genre
- Philosophy, current events
- Notable awards
- Prix Femina , Prix Décembre
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Jules Régis Debray ( French: [ʒyl ʁeʒis dəbʁɛ]; born 2 September 1940) is a French philosopher, journalist, former government official and academic. He is known for his theorization of mediology, a critical theory of the long-term transmission of cultural meaning in human society, and for associating with Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara in Bolivia in 1967 and advancing Salvador Allende's presidency in Chile in the early 1970s. He returned to France in 1973 and later held various official posts in the French government.
Life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Régis Debray” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.