Alain Finkielkraut is remembered in philosophy for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Alain Finkielkraut as French philosopher (born 1949).
Alain Finkielkraut was born at Paris in 1949. His recorded nationality is Poland. He was educated at École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud and Lycée Henri-IV.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
Alain Finkielkraut is described as philosopher, radio personality and writer.
His affiliations include France Culture and École polytechnique.
Among his principal works are Le Nouveau Désordre amoureux, The Unhappy Identity and La Seule Exactitude. The discipline keeps its dead in print, because the arguments are still open.
His recorded fields of work are history of ideas, modernity and education.
Formal recognition came in the shape of the Officer of the Legion of Honour (2009) and Knight of the Legion of Honour (1994).
Working from Poland shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Alain Finkielkraut is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.
Achievements
- Officer of the Legion of Honour — 2009
- Knight of the Legion of Honour — 1994
- Notable work: Le Nouveau Désordre amoureux
- Notable work: The Unhappy Identity
- Notable work: La Seule Exactitude
- Affiliated with France Culture and École polytechnique
- Educated at École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud and Lycée Henri-IV
- Worked as philosopher, radio personality and writer
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