Roger-Pol Droit

Roger-Pol Droit (born 1949) is a French academic and philosopher. Alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud, he has written numerous books, most notably 101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life, which has been translated into twenty-two languages. For 25 years, he has studied the way the East is seen in Western philosophy.

Selected bibliography

• Votre vie sera parfaite, Gourous et charlatans, pub. Odile Jacob, Paris, 2005.
• L'oubli de l'Inde, une amnésie philosophique, pub. Presses universitaires de France, Paris, 1989. Re-published by Le Seuil, "Points" series, Paris, 2004.
• Le culte du néant, les philosophes et le Bouddha, pub. Le Seuil, Paris, 1997. Re-published in the "Points" series, Paris, 2004.
• La philosophie expliquée à ma fille, pub. Le Seuil, Paris, 2004.
• Dernières nouvelles des choses, Une expérience philosophique, pub. Odile Jacob, Paris, 2003.
• 101 expériences de philosophie quotidienne, pub. Odile Jacob, Paris, 2001 (France Télévision 2001 Essay Prize).
• Les religions expliquées à ma fille, pub. du Seuil, Paris, 2000.
• "The Confusion of Ideas". TELOS 98 (Winter 1993-94). New York: Telos Press
• Une brève histoire de la philosophie, Flammarion, 2008

External links

Roger-Pol Droit's official website

Further reading

• Interview with Michel Foucault on the Role of Prisons, 5 August 1975