About
Régis Debray, born in 1940 in Paris, is a French writer and philosopher. A philosophy graduate, he taught at the University of Havana and associated with Che Guevara, whose experience he recounted in 'Revolution in the Revolution' (1967). Captured in Bolivia, he was imprisoned and released in 1970. After a stay in Chile, he became an advisor to François Mitterrand. Founder of mediology, he studies cultural transmission. He received the Prix Femina in 1977 and served on the Stasi Commission on secularism.
* 1940-09-02
Major works
- Révolution dans la révolution (1967)essay
- La neige brûle (1977)novel
- Cours de médiologie générale (1991)essay
- Vie et mort de l'image (1992)essay
- Éloge des frontières (2010)essay
Key milestones
- 1967Publication of 'Revolution in the Revolution', a handbook on guerrilla warfare strategy.
- 1970Released from prison in Bolivia after an international clemency campaign.
- 2003Founded the European Institute in Religious Sciences (IESR) and became its first president.
Themes
mediologycultural transmissionrevolutionsecularismintellectual power
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