Pierre Rosanvallon wrote at a period when the questions philosophy asked were themselves being renegotiated.
The record lists Pierre Rosanvallon as French historian, political theorist and intellectual.
Pierre Rosanvallon was born at Blois in 1948. His recorded nationality is France. He studied at HEC Paris and School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences.
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 Paris Dauphine University, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and Collège de France.
The recorded fields of work are history and political theory.
His principal work is Counter-Democracy. Philosophical influence is measured in the questions a thinker made unavoidable.
The honours record reads: Officer of the Legion of Honour (2010), Bielefeld Science Prize (2016), Marie-Eugène Simon-Henri-Martin Prize (1985) and Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy (2025).
That the work was done from France matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Achievements
- Officer of the Legion of Honour — 2010
- Bielefeld Science Prize — 2016
- Marie-Eugène Simon-Henri-Martin Prize — 1985
- Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy — 2025
- International Spinoza Prize — 2012
- Notable work: Counter-Democracy
- Held posts at Paris Dauphine University, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and Collège de France
- Fields: history and political theory
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