biography
pronunciation:
[reekoe(r)]
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| male
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| (1913– )
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| Philosopher and theologian, born in Valence, SE France. A pupil of Gabriel Marcel, he studied at the University of Paris, and became professor at Strasbourg (1948–56), Paris-Nanterre (1956–70), and Chicago (1970). Influenced by Heidegger, Jaspers, and Husserl, his work is wide-ranging, covering topics such as the essence of language, individual action and will, and freedom and evil. He has been an influential figure in French and Anglo–American philosophy, engaging critically with various contemporary methodologies - structuralism, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and hermeneutics - across a whole range of problems. His publications include Philosophie de la volonté (3 vols, 1950–60, Philosophy of the Will) and La Métaphore vive (1975, The Living Metaphor), Temps et récit (1983–5), and Soi-même comme autre (1990). |
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