André Glucksmann

André Glucksmann (born 1937) is a prominent French philosopher and writer, and leading member of the French new philosophers. He studied philosophy at the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud and is the author of the numerous books and articles, including the "Master Thinkers" (Harper & Row, 1980). Glucksmann is an active member of the "Cercle de l'Oratoire" think tank.

Early Years

André Glucksmann was born in 1937, in Boulogne-Billancourt, the son of Austrian and Jewish parents. He studied in Lyon, and later enrolled in the elite École Normale Supérieure de Saint Cloud. In 1968 he published his first book, Le Discours de Ia Guerre. In 1975 he published La Cuisinière le Mangeur d'Hommes, in which he traced parallels between Nazism and Communism.

Political opinions

Glucksmann is a long-time supporter of Chechen independence, including authoring the book "Open Wound: Chechnya 1994-2003". In August of 2008 he cosigned an open letter with Vaclav Havel, Desmond Tutu, and Wei Jingsheng calling upon the communist Chinese authorities to respect human rights during the Beijing Olympic Games and afterward. Glucksmann also supported Nicolas Sarkozy for the April-May 2007 presidential election [ [http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3232,36-860988,0.html Pourquoi je choisis Nicolas Sarkozy] , "Le Monde", 29 January 2007 fr icon ] .

Works

*A Child's Rage (Une rage d'enfant) (2006)
*The Discourse of Hate (Le Discours de la haine) (2004)
*West Versus West (Ouest contre Ouest) (2003)
*Dostoyevsky in Manhattan (Dostoïevski à Manhattan) (2002)
*The Third Death of God (La Troisième Mort de Dieu) (2000)
*Cyncism and Passion (Cynisme et passion) (1981/1999)
*The Force of Vertigo (La Force du vertige) (1983).
*The Master Thinkers (Les Maîtres penseurs) (1977)

Interviews

* "An Interview with Andre Glucksman". "TELOS" 33 (Fall 1977). New York: [http://www.telospress.com Telos Press]

References

External links

* [http://city-journal.org/2008/eon0501ag.html Olympic Crossroads, "City Journal" online, 2008]
* [http://www.city-journal.org/2008/eon0104ag.html "Time" on Putin's Side, "City Journal" online, 2008]
* [http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_4_modern_terrorism.html From the H-Bomb to the Human Bomb, "City Journal," Autumn 2007]
* [http://www.geocities.com/andreglucksmannfile/ The André Glucksmann File]
* [http://www.signandsight.com/features/771.html/ "The French malady"] , article by Andre Glucksmann on the Clearstream Affair
* [http://www.signandsight.com/features/640.html/ "Separating truth and belief"] , article by Andre Glucksmann on the Danish Muhammad cartoons
* [http://www.signandsight.com/features/201.html/ "The victory of Euro-nihilism"] , article by Andre Glucksmann on the French "non" to the European constitution