Bertrand de Jouvenel

Bertrand de Jouvenel ( born October 31, 1903 in Paris, † 1 March 1987 in Paris) was a French university professor and political- philosophical publicist.

Life

He is the son of Henry de Jouvenel ( French politician, journalist and chief editor of Le Matin ) and his first wife Claire Boas. At age 17, he had a love affair with the second wife of his father, the writer Sidonie -Gabrielle Colette, which was inspired by her novel Le Blé en herbe. Before Jouvenel started a career at the University, he studied natural sciences and law and worked as a correspondent for various newspapers.

Works

  • You Pouvoir. Histoire naturelle de sa croissance. Genève, éditions du cheval ailé, 1945; English translation: On Power: Its Nature and the History of its Growth, transl. by J. F. Huntington. London, 1949; German translation: On the State violence. The natural history of their growth. Rombach, Freiburg, 1972, ISBN 3- 7930-0046 -X
  • Pure Theory of Politics. ( Original title: " The Pure Theory of Politics" 1963, 1977). Rombach, Freiburg, 1967.
  • About sovereignty. (Original title: De la souveraineté Paris, 1955.. ) Rombach, Freiburg, 1963.
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