François Châtelet

François Châtelet (27 April 1925 – 26 December 1985) was a historian of philosophy, political philosophy and professor in the socratic tradition. He was the husband of philosopher Noëlle Châtelet, the sister of Lionel Jospin.

Biography edit

Châtelet was born and died in Paris. Along with Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze, he is a founder of the department of philosophy at the University of Vincennes, and co-founded the Collège international de philosophie (International College of Philosophy). Along with Jean-Pierre Vernant, he and joined the department of philosophy at the University of São Paulo in 1971 as a form of protest to Brazilian military government's imprisonment of most of the department's faculty.^[1] Châtelet has always been concerned with linking thought and action, engaging in a restless combat with his contemporaries.

His conception of philosophy makes him more of a historian of philosophy than a philosopher. In his work une histoire de la raison (A History of Reason), he shows the role of philosophy in the constitution of modern Western rationality. His work Platon (Plato) is a formidable invitation-initiation to the thought of the ancient Greek philosopher.

Works edit

Périclès et son siècle (Pericles and his age) (1960)
La naissance de l'histoire : la formation de la pensée historienne en Grèce, (The birth of history: the formation of historical thought in Greece) (1961)
Logos et praxis: recherches sur la signification théorique du marxisme (Logos and praxis: research on the theoretical significance of Marxism) (1962)
Platon (Plato) (1965)
Hegel (1968)
La philosophie des Professeurs (The Philosophy of Professors) (1970)
Histoire de la philosophie (History of Philosophy) (1972–1973) — 8 volumes
Profil d'une œuvre : « Le Capital » (livre 2) (Profile of a work: Das Capital (book 2)) (1976)
Les Années de démolition (The Demolition Years) (1976)
Questions, objections (Questions, objections) (1979)
Une histoire de la raison (A History of Reason) (1992)
Logos et Praxis (Logos and Praxis) (2006)

English Translations edit

"Classical Greece, Reason, and the State," trans. Adam E. Foster, Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy 38 (2023): 21-43.^[2]

Co-authored Works edit

La Révolution sans modèle (Revolution without a model) (1974), with Gilles Lapouge and Oliver Revault d'Allones.
Les marxistes et la politique (Marxists and the political) (1975), with Évelyne Pisier and Jean-Marie Vincent.
Chronique des idées perdues (The chronicle of lost ideas) (1977), with André Akoun.
Les conceptions politiques du xx^e siècle (Political conceptions of the 20th century) (1982), with Évelyne Pisier.
Histoire des conceptions politiques (History of political conceptions) (1982), with Éveline Pisier and Olivier Duhamel.
Dictionnaire des œuvres politiques (Dictionary of political works) (1986), with Éveline Pisier and Olivier Duhamel.

References edit

^ "Filosofia - USP". Archived from the original on 2011-09-21. Retrieved 2012-05-11. Official Webpage of the Faculty of Philosophy (University of São Paulo) (in Portuguese)
^ Châtelet, François; Foster, Adam E. (2023). "Classical Greece, Reason, and the State" (PDF). Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy (38): 21–43.

External links edit

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[1] "Filosofia - USP". Archived from the original on 2011-09-21. Retrieved 2012-05-11. Official Webpage of the Faculty of Philosophy (University of São Paulo) (in Portuguese)

[2] Châtelet, François; Foster, Adam E. (2023). "Classical Greece, Reason, and the State" (PDF). Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy (38): 21–43.

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