Pierre Rosanvallon

Pierre Rosanvallon ( born January 1, 1948 in Blois, France ) is a French historian and intellectual. In his writings he deals mainly with the history of democracy, the political model for France, the role of the state and the problem of social justice in today's society.

Since 2001 he is Professor of newer and more recent history at the Collège de France and Directeur d' Études at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales.

Rosanvallon was one of the most important theorists of collective self-government, which was especially demanded by the CFDT. In his book L' Age de l' autogestion he stands in the philosophical tradition of Marx and Tocqueville. He announces in a " rehabilitation of politics " on the path of self-government to.

Studies and professional career

Rosanvallon obtained the diploma of the École des hautes études commerciales ( Paris) ( HEC). He worked as an official of the Trade Union CFDT and joined the PSU and later the hp at.

In 1982 he founded together with François Furet, the Fondation Saint -Simon, which lasted until 31 December 1999.

In 1995 he supported the position of the CFDT to the part of the reform of the social security system, which related to health insurance, and was presented by the Juppé government. In particular, he signed a petition in this regard, which was published in Le Monde.

Since 2002 he is member of the Conseil scientifique ( Science ) of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, since 2004 also normal in the École supérieure Science Council, which he chairs, in protest against the appointment of Monique Canto - Sperber for the management of L' École de la Rue d' Ulm had resigned.

In 2002 Rosanvallon founded with financial support from large companies such as Altadis, Lafarge, the AGF, EDF, and Air France, the République des Idées, a kind of " think tank " whose presidency he " found a new social critique " holds .. He wants which should be solved by what he calls " Archaeoradikalismus " or even the "radical nostalgic ideology." The group around Rosanvallon publishes a magazine entitled " La Vie des Idées " out, also a book series by Editions du Seuil, they also organized a discussion forum in Grenoble under the title "nouvelle critique sociale " 2006.

Since late October 2007 Rosanvallon is represented by the website La Vie des idées the internet. There you will find chronicles and contributions to numerous topics of discussion.

In May 2009, he organized as part of the République des Idées another forum at the Maison de la Culture in Grenoble under the slogan " la Démocratie Réinveter ".

Honors

• Knight of the Legion of Honour ( 2 October 1998)
• Officer of the Legion of Honor (July 13, 2010)

Writings

• L' Âge de l' autogestion, Le Seuil, Paris 1976, ISBN 2-02-004419-6
• Patrick Viveret, Pour une nouvelle culture politique, Le Seuil, Paris 1977
• Le Capitalisme utopique. Histoire de l' idée de marché, Le Seuil, Paris 1979 edition under the title Le Libéralisme économique, reissued under the original title in 1999, each Seuil
• La Crise de l' État - providence, Le Seuil, 1981; Coll. Points Politique, 1984; Points Essais, n ° 243, 1992.
• Misère de l' économie, Le Seuil, 1983.
• Le Moment Guizot, Gallimard, Bibliotheque des sciences humaines, Paris, 1985, ISBN 2-07-070262-6
• La Question Syndicale. Histoire et avenir d'une forme sociale, Calmann - Lévy, coll Liberté de l' esprit, Paris, 1988, ISBN 2-7021-1669-8
• La République du Centre. La fin de l' exception française, François Furet and Jacques Julliard, Calmann - Lévy, coll Liberté de l' esprit, 1988, ISBN 2-01-015380-4
• L' État en France de 1789 à nos jours, Le Seuil, L' Univers historique, Paris, 1990, ISBN 2-02-019403-1 German: The government in France from 1789 to the present, translated by Heide Gerstenberger and Hedwig Linden, the Westfälische steamboat, Münster 2000, ISBN 3-89691-411-1

• German: Democratic Legitimacy: Impartiality - reflexivity - close, translated by Thomas Laugstien, Hamburger Edition, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-86854-215-8

• German: The society of equals, translated by Michael Halfbrodt, Hamburger Edition, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-86854-257-8

Rosanvallons writings have been translated into 18 languages ​​and in 23 countries relocated (Source: Catalogue de la Bibliothèque générale du Collège de France).