Roger-Pol Droit
Encyclopedia
Roger-Pol Droit is a French
academic and philosopher
. Alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud, he has written popular books, most notably 101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life, which has been translated into twenty-two languages. For 25 years, he has studied the way the East is seen in Western philosophy.
France
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academic and philosopher
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
. Alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud, he has written popular books, most notably 101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life, which has been translated into twenty-two languages. For 25 years, he has studied the way the East is seen in Western philosophy.
Selected bibliography
- Votre vie sera parfaite, Gourous et charlatans, pub. Odile Jacob, Paris, 2005.
- L'oublie de l'Inde, une amnésie philosophique, pub. Presses universitaires de France, Paris, 1989. Re-published by Le Seuil, "Points" series, Paris, 2004.
- Le culte du néant, les philosophes et le Bouddha, pub. Le Seuil, Paris, 1997. Re-published in the "Points" series, Paris, 2004.
- La philosophie expliquée à ma fille, pub. Le Seuil, Paris, 2004.
- Dernières nouvelles des choses, Une expérience philosophique, pub. Odile Jacob, Paris, 2003.
- 101 expériences de philosophie quotidienne, pub. Odile Jacob, Paris, 2001 (France Télévision 2001 Essay Prize).
- Les religions expliquées à ma fille, pub. du Seuil, Paris, 2000.
- "The Confusion of Ideas". TELOSTELOS (journal)Telos is an academic journal published in the United States. It was founded in May 1968 to provide the New Left with a coherent theoretical perspective. It sought to expand the Husserlian diagnosis of "the crisis of European sciences" to prefigure a particular program of social reconstruction...
98 (Winter 1993-94). New York: Telos Press