Catherine Larrère

French philosopher and academic

Catherine Larrère belongs to the philosophical record as a figure whose arguments outlasted the disputes that prompted them.

The record lists Catherine Larrère as French philosopher and academic.

Catherine Larrère was born at La Rochelle in 1944. Her recorded nationality is France. She studied at École normale supérieure de jeunes filles and University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.

Twentieth-century philosophy was marked by war, exile and ideology; many of its central figures wrote in flight or under censorship.

Her academic posts were held at University of Clermont-Ferrand (1896-1976), Blaise Pascal University (Clermont II) and Bordeaux Montaigne University.

The recorded fields of work are environmental ethics, philosophy and political philosophy.

Philosophy advances by objection: an argument matters if serious people spend years attacking it.

Recognition followed: Knight of the National Order of Merit (2012).

That the work was done from France matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.

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