Clément Rosset Explained

Region:Western Philosophy
Era:Contemporary philosophy
Clément Rosset
Birth Date:12 October 1939
Birth Place:Barneville-Carteret, France
Death Place:Paris, France
School Tradition:Postmodern philosophy
continental philosophy
Main Interests:Metaphysics, Ethics
Influences:Arthur Schopenhauer

Clément Rosset (in French ʁɔsɛ/; 12 October 1939 – 28 March 2018) was a French philosopher and writer. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, and the author of books on 20th-century philosophy and postmodern philosophy.

Early life

Rosset was born on 12 October 1939 in Barneville-Carteret, France.[1] He graduated from the École Normale Supérieure,[1] and he passed the agrégation of philosophy in 1965.[2]

Career

Rosset taught French at the Université de Montréal in Quebec, Canada for two years.[3] He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis in Nice, France until his retirement in the late 1990s.[1]

The bulk of his work consists in some 30 short books, all of them brief studies or essays on various topics. Most popular is probably Le réel et son double, that deals in an original manner with the inevitably illusionistic character of representations. Arthur Schopenhauer, on whom Rosset has published a few studies, remains a constant reference throughout his works. The fight with depression introduced a more personal strain in the later writings of Clément Rosset.[2]

Death

Rosset died on 28 March 2018 in Paris, France.[1] [2]

Publications

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Notes and References

  1. News: Truong. Nicolas. Mort de Clément Rosset, philosophe de la joie tragique. 29 March 2018. Le Monde. 28 March 2018.
  2. News: Franck-Dumas. Elisabeth. LE PHILOSOPHE CLÉMENT ROSSET RATTRAPÉ PAR LE RÉEL. Libération. 29 March 2018. 28 March 2018.
  3. News: Dreyfus. Alain. Clément Rosset : Je suis un chasseur d'illusions. 29 March 2018. Psychologies. 16 July 2009.
  4. Book: French. Clément Rosset. Esquisse biographique. 88–89. Les Belles Lettres. 2017.
  5. Web site: fr. Aurélien Barrau, La philosophie rêvée. Clément Rosset et la complexité du désir., La Vie des idées, 4 February 2009.
  6. Web site: fr. Clément Rosset : Récit d'un noyé. - actu philosophia. www.actu-philosophia.com. 1 April 2018.