About
Jean-François Revel, born Jean-François Ricard in Marseille in 1924, was a French philosopher and journalist. A philosophy professor, he left academia to write. As editor of L'Express, he became known for his critical essays on totalitarianism and democracy. Elected to the Académie française in 1997, he authored numerous works, including 'Without Marx or Jesus' and 'The Totalitarian Temptation'.
* 1924-01-19 — † 2006-04-28
Major works
- Pourquoi des philosophes? (1957)essay
- Ni Marx ni Jésus (1970)essay
- La Tentation totalitaire (1976)essay
- Comment les démocraties finissent (1983)essay
- Le Moine et le Philosophe (1997)dialogue
Key milestones
- 1943Admitted to the École normale supérieure.
- 1997Elected to the Académie française.
- 2006Died in Kremlin-Bicêtre.
Themes
liberalismtotalitarianismdemocracycritique of philosophyanti-Americanism
Sources: academie-francaise.fr · id.loc.gov