Abdelmalek Sayad belongs to the philosophical record as a figure whose arguments outlasted the disputes that prompted them.
The record lists Abdelmalek Sayad as French sociologist and philosopher (1933-1998).
Abdelmalek Sayad was born at Beni Djellil in 1933. His recorded nationality is France. He studied at University of Algiers 1.
Twentieth-century philosophy was marked by war, exile and ideology; many of its central figures wrote in flight or under censorship.
His academic posts were held at School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences.
Philosophy advances by objection: an argument matters if serious people spend years attacking it.
That the work was done from France matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Abdelmalek Sayad died in 1998, aged 65. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Held posts at School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
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