Sarah Kofman wrote at a period when the questions philosophy asked were themselves being renegotiated.
The record lists Sarah Kofman as philosopher from France.
Sarah Kofman was born at 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris in 1934. Her recorded nationality is France. She studied at Lycée Saint-Sernin.
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 Paris.
Philosophical influence is measured in the questions a thinker made unavoidable.
That the work was done from France matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Sarah Kofman died in 1994, aged 60. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Paris
