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    The Life and Thought of Alexandre Kojève by Filoni, Marco; Broder, David;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Northwestern University Press
    • Date of Publication 31 July 2025

    • ISBN 9780810148789
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages280 pages
    • Size 229x152 mm
    • Weight 454 g
    • Language English
    • 675

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    Long description:

    A fresh and vivid reappraisal of one of the most influential intellects of the modern era

    Alexandre KojÈve is one of the twentieth century’s most seductive and intriguing figures. A product of the Russian merchant bourgeoisie, he became, depending on one’s point of view, either an overzealous bureaucrat or a secret agent who infiltrated the upper echelons of French state bureaucracy, spending the last twenty years of his life working in international diplomacy and high finance. Marco Filoni describes each facet of KojÈve’s different lives in crystalline detail: the cultural circles of his youth, his studies, his philosophical passions, his fundamental theoretical choices, and his intellectual network, as well as the students who would become part of the intellectual elite, including Lacan, Bataille, and Merleau-Ponty. Drawing on rich archival material, unpublished texts, correspondence, and written and oral testimonies, The Life and Thought of Alexandre KojÈve is a major benchmark for scholars of KojÈve and of twentieth-century intellectual and political history. Filoni paints a vibrant portrait of one of the most influential intellectuals of the modern era, deftly composing KojÈve’s personal, political, and philosophical lives.

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    Table of Contents:

    Preface
    Introduction: A Portrait of Alexandre KojÈve
    Chapter One: From East to West
    Chapter Two: KojÈve’s Formative Years
    Chapter Three: The Consciousness of Modern Man
    Chapter Four: The Philosopher in Action
    Chapter Five: The Last New World: Europe and Diplomacy
    Coda: The End of History
    Notes

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