Catherine Larrère Explained

Catherine Larrère
Birth Name:Catherine Delafoss
Birth Date:4 August 1944
Birth Place:La Rochelle, France
Known For:environmental philosophy
Occupation:Philosopher and academic
Spouse:Raphaël Larrère
Children:Mathilde Larrère
Nationality:French

Catherine Larrère (nee Delafoss, born 4 August 1944) is a French philosopher and academic. She is a professor of philosophy emeritus (at Paris I - Pantheon Sorbonne). She is a specialist in Montesquieu's philosophy and an advocate for environmental ethics.

Biography

Catherine Delafoss was born in La Rochelle in 1944.She first became interested in the history of economics, then in the philosopher Montesquieus ideas. In the 1990s, she met and was inspired by John Baird Callicott the American academic concerned with environmental ethics. She became an expert and was an advocate for similar British and American research.[1] She translated works by John Baird Callicott into French.[2]

She has participated in the development of environmental philosophy, particularly in the areas of nature protection, risk prevention and environmental justice. She has written about the role of women in society as proposed by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.[3] She collaborates with her husband, the agronomist and ecologist Raphaël Larrère.

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biographie. humanite-biodiversite.fr. fr. .
  2. Web site: L'âge écologique de la culture. wildproject.org. fr. .
  3. Larrère . Catherine . Jean-Jacques Rousseau on Women and Citizenship . History of European Ideas . 2011 . 37 . 2 . 218–222 . 27 April 2019.