Jean-François Revel (1924–2006)
Author of The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life
About the Author
Author of several international bestsellers over the last 30 years, Jean-Francois Revel is perhaps best known for Without Marx or Jesus; How Democracies Perish; and The Totalitarian Temptation. He lives in Paris
Image credit: Jean Francois Revel polaroid portriat 1999 taken by Elsa Dorfman
Series
Works by Jean-François Revel
The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life (1998) — Author — 656 copies
Geschiedenis van de Westerse filosofie : de filosofie in het tijdperk van de wetenschap (1970) 4 copies
Contrecensures: politique, religion, culture de masse, art et critique d'art, enseignement, avant-garde, philosophie et (1966) 3 copies
Las ideas de nuestro tiempo 2 copies
Papillon 2 copies
Histoire de la philosophie occidentale : Précédé de Pourquoi des philosophes, La cabale des… — Author — 1 copy
Los filósofos: ¿para qué? 1 copy
Revirimentul democratiei — Author — 1 copy
Histoire de la philosophie occidentale I — Author — 1 copy
Lettre ouverte à la droite 1 copy
The French 1 copy
Ni Marx ni Jesús 1 copy
Le regain démocratique 1 copy
3000 anni a tavola — Author — 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Revel, Jean-François
- Legal name
- Ricard, Jean-François (birth)
- Birthdate
- 1924-01-19
- Date of death
- 2006-04-30
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- France
- Places of residence
- Lille, France
Marseille, France
Kremlin-Bicetre, France - Education
- École normale supérieure
- Occupations
- Professor (philsophy)
- Relationships
- Ricard, Matthieu (son)
Sarraute, Claude (ex-wife) - Organizations
- French Resistance
Académie française (1998)
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Statistics
- Works
- 58
- Also by
- 6
- Members
- 2,049
- Popularity
- #12,557
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 17
- ISBNs
- 155
- Languages
- 12
- Favorited
- 3