Marc Crépon (born 30 March 1962 in Decize) is a French philosopher and academic who writes on the subject of languages and communities in the French and German philosophies and contemporary political and moral philosophy.[1] He has also translated works by philosophers such as Nietzsche, Franz Rosenzweig and Leibniz.[citation needed]
Marc Crépon | |
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 Marc Crépon at Paris Book Fair in March 2010 | |
| Born | 30 March 1962 Decize, France |
| Occupation | Academic and philosopher |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | Ecole Normale Superieure |
| Subject | Leadership |
| Notable awards | Winner of the Bronze medal at the CNRS (2001) |
He is Professor of Philosophy at the Ecole Normale Superieure and director of research at the Archives Husserl, National Center for Scientific Research.[2]
Early life
editHe was born in Decize, Nievre in 1962. After high school, Crépon completed a preparatory course at Lycee Condorcet in Paris.[3] He then attended the Ecole Normale Superieure and passed the agrégation in 1986, a French civil service exam for positions in public education.[citation needed]
The topic of his dissertation (written in French) was The problem of human diversity: survey on the characterization of the people and the constitution of geographies of spirit from Leibniz to Hegel (1995).[4]
Career
editCrépon's first academic position was teaching philosophy at Nanterre University. Shortly after this, he moved to Moldova for a period and credits living and working in the USSR with developing many of his attitudes and pedagogical methods.[3] At this time, he also developed an interest in the relationship between political and linguistic communities, which he would go on to research in greater detail.[5]
He has traveled and lectured at American universities, including University of California, Irvine[6] and Rice University.[7] Crépon also taught classes while in residence at Northwestern University in Chicago in 2006 and in 2008.[8]
Marc Crépon was the co-founder (along with Bernard Stiegler) of the association Ars Industrialis.[citation needed]
Publications
editMarc Crépon has written 16 books in French,[citation needed] the most notable of which are listed below.
- Le malin génie des langues : Nietzsche, Heidegger, Rosenzweig. Title trans: The Evil Genius of Language: Nietzsche, Heidegger, Rosenzweig. Paris : Vrin, 2000. ISBN 2711614344. OCLC 876603414.
- Les promesses du langage : Benjamin, Rosenzweig, Heidegger. Title trans: The promises of language: Benjamin, Rosenzweig, Heidegger. Paris : J. Vrin, 2001. ISBN 2711615200. OCLC 876603462.
- De la democratie participative : fondements et limites (with Bernard Stiegler). Title trans: Participatory Democracy: Foundations and limits. [Paris] : Mille et une nuits, [2007]. ISBN 9782755500332. OCLC 876604004.
- Derrida, la tradition de la philosophie (with Frédéric Worms). Title trans: Derrida, the tradition of the philosophy. Paris : Galilée, impr. 2008. ISBN 9782718607627. OCLC 494480595.
- The thought of death and the memory of war (with Michael Maurice Loriaux). Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, 2013. ISBN 9780816680054. OCLC 840465545.
- The death penalty. Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2014-. ISBN 9780226144320. OCLC 865494962.
References
edit- ^ "Marc Crépon - École normale supérieure - Paris". ens.fr. Archived from the original on 2015-10-08. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
- ^ "Commemorating World War One: The Trial of Hate, A conversation with French Author Marc Crépon and Translator Michael Naas. - Pritzker Military Museum & Library - Chicago". pritzkermilitary.org.
- ^ a b "THE TRIAL OF HATRED - MARC CREPON". frenchculture.org.
- ^ "Formats and Editions of Le problème de la diversité humaine : enquête sur la caractérisation des peuples et la constitution des géographies de l'esprit de Leibniz a Hegel [WorldCat.org]". worldcat.org.
- ^ "Marc Crépon - École normale supérieure - Paris". ens.fr. Archived from the original on 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
- ^ "The Trial of Hatred" - Marc Crépon". uci.edu.
- ^ "Marc Crépon in Houston". frenchculture.org. Archived from the original on 2016-11-08.
- ^ "CICS Newsletter" (PDF). Buffett.northwestern.edu. 2006. Retrieved 2015-08-01.