François Châtelet
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François Châtelet (27 April 1925 – 26 December 1985) was a historian of philosophy, political philosophy and professor in the socratic tradition. He was the husband of philosopher Noëlle Châtelet, the sister of Lionel Jospin.
Biography[edit]
Châtelet was born and died in Paris. Along with Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze, he is a founder of the department of philosophy at the University of Vincennes, and co-founded the Collège international de philosophie (International College of Philosophy). Along with Jean-Pierre Vernant, he and joined the department of philosophy at the University of São Paulo in 1971 as a form of protest to Brazilian military government's imprisonment of most of the department's faculty.[1] Châtelet has always been concerned with linking thought and action, engaging in a restless combat with his contemporaries.
His conception of philosophy makes him more of a historian of philosophy than a philosopher. In his work une histoire de la raison (A History of Reason), he shows the role of philosophy in the constitution of modern Western rationality. His work Platon (Plato) is a formidable invitation-initiation to the thought of the ancient Greek philosopher.
Works[edit]
- Périclès et son siècle (Pericles and his age) (1960)
- La naissance de l'histoire : la formation de la pensée historienne en Grèce, (The birth of history: the formation of historical thought in Greece) (1961)
- Logos et praxis: recherches sur la signification théorique du marxisme (Logos and praxis: research on the theoretical significance of Marxism) (1962)
- Platon (Plato) (1965)
- Hegel (1968)
- La philosophie des Professeurs (The Philosophy of Professors) (1970)
- Histoire de la philosophie (History of Philosophy) (1972–1973) — 8 volumes
- Profil d'une œuvre : « Le Capital » (livre 2) (Profile of a work: Das Capital (book 2)) (1976)
- Les Années de démolition (The Demolition Years) (1976)
- Questions, objections (Questions, objections) (1979)
- Une histoire de la raison (A History of Reason) (1992)
- Logos et Praxis (Logos and Praxis) (2006)
English Translations[edit]
- "Classical Greece, Reason, and the State," trans. Adam E. Foster, Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy 38 (2023): 21-43.[2]
Co-authored Works[edit]
- La Révolution sans modèle (Revolution without a model) (1974), with Gilles Lapouge and Oliver Revault d'Allones.
- Les marxistes et la politique (Marxists and the political) (1975), with Évelyne Pisier and Jean-Marie Vincent.
- Chronique des idées perdues (The chronicle of lost ideas) (1977), with André Akoun.
- Les conceptions politiques du xxe siècle (Political conceptions of the 20th century) (1982), with Évelyne Pisier.
- Histoire des conceptions politiques (History of political conceptions) (1982), with Éveline Pisier and Olivier Duhamel.
- Dictionnaire des œuvres politiques (Dictionary of political works) (1986), with Éveline Pisier and Olivier Duhamel.
References[edit]
- ^ "Filosofia - USP". Archived from the original on 2011-09-21. Retrieved 2012-05-11. Official Webpage of the Faculty of Philosophy (University of São Paulo) (in Portuguese)
- ^ Châtelet, François; Foster, Adam E. (2023). "Classical Greece, Reason, and the State" (PDF). Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy (38): 21–43.
External links[edit]
Media related to François Châtelet at Wikimedia Commons
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