Roger-Pol Droit

Roger- Pol Droit ( * 1949 ) is a French journalist and philosopher.

As a student of the Ecole Normale Supérieure Lettres et sciences humaines in Saint -Cloud ( 1969-73 ) is Droit at the age of 23 years editor of the daily newspaper Le Monde and supplies up to the present regular contributions, in particular for Le Monde des Livres. From 1978 to 1989 he has worked as a teacher of philosophy, from 1986 to 1989 as Directeur de program at the Collège international de philosophie, since 1989 as an employee of various research projects of the CNRS. In 1998 he is promoted to the Docteur d' Etat in philosophy at the Sorbonne, 2008, he received the Habilitation à is awarded diriger of recherches ( ability to manage research projects) at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. Since 2005 he has been Directeur de séminaire at the Institut de Sciences Politiques in Paris. He is also the creator of the Forum Le Monde, Le Mans, which together led to a whole series of cultural studies topics 1989-1995 senior debaters and was documented in seven volumes. Since 2003 he is also an employee of the newspaper Le Point. From 1994 to 1999 he acted as adviser to the Directeur général UNESCO in philosophical matters, since March 2008 he is a member of the Comité National d' Ethique Consultative pour les sciences de la vie.

His research relates to the representation of " the other" as a philosopher or not philosophers in the imagination of occidental thinkers ( " les représentations des autres, particulièrement en tant qu'ils sont comme consideres philosophes ou non- philosophes, dans l' imaginaire of Penseurs occidentaux » ). Starting the topic, despite Schopenhauer and Nietzsche lack of reception of Buddhist thought in Western philosophy is ( « La découverte you bouddhisme et la philosophie européenne (1820 - 1890) "). This is followed by the second research project builds on the occidental view of the barbarians ( " la représentation occidentale of barbares ").

In addition, Droit has devoted a variety of philosophical and journalistic topics and written successful books for a wide audience.

For his services Droit was raised in November 2004 Chevalier de la Légion d' Honneur.

Selected Bibliography

Original editions

• Les héros de la Sagesse, Plon, 2009.
• Philosophies d' ailleurs ( sous la direction de Roger- Pol Droit ) volume, 1: Les pensées indiennes, chinois et tibétaines, volume 2: Les pensées hébraïques, arabes, persanes et Egyptiennes Éditions Hermann, 2009.
• L' oubli de l' Inde, une amnésie Philosophique, Presses universitaires de France, Paris, 1989, Neuaufl. Le Seuil, " Points " series, Paris, 2004.
• Le culte du néant, les philosophes et le Bouddha, Le Seuil, Paris, 1997, Neuaufl. Number of " points", Paris, 2004.
• Les religions expliquées à ma fille, Le Seuil, Paris, 2000.
• 101 expériences de philosophie quotidienne, Odile Jacob, Paris, 2001 ( Essay Prize of France Télévision, 2001).
• La compagnie of contemporains, Odile Jacob, Paris 2002
• Dernières nouvelles des choses, Une expérience Philosophique, Odile Jacob, Paris, 2003. ISBN 2738113338th
• La philosophie expliquée à ma fille, Le Seuil, Paris, 2004.
• Votre vie sera parfaite, Gourous et charlatans, Odile Jacob, Paris, 2005.
• Un si Léger cauchemar, Flammarion, Paris, 2007.
• L' Occident explique à tout le monde, Le Seuil, Paris, 2008.

Translations

• Five minutes eternity. 101 philosophical everyday experiments, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag GmbH & Co, Munich, 2004, ISBN 3453878914
• How do I explain to my daughter the philosophy Hoffmann u Campe Vlg GmbH, 2006, ISBN 3455095232
• Fortunately makers. From gurus and charlatans, Hoffmann u Campe Vlg GmbH, 2007, ISBN 3455015654