André Gorz
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André Gorz (French: [ɑ̃dʁe ɡɔʁts]; né Gerhart Hirsch, German: [ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt ˈhɪʁʃ]; 9 February 1923 – 22 September 2007), more commonly known by his pen names Gérard Horst (pronounced [ʒeʁaʁ ɔʁst]) and Michel Bosquet (pronounced [miʃɛl bɔskɛ]), was an Austrian and French social philosopher and journalist and critic of work.[1][2][3] He co-founded Le Nouvel Observateur weekly in 1964. A supporter of Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialist version of Marxism after the Second World War, he became in the aftermath of the May '68 student riots more concerned with political ecology.[4]
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André Gorz | |
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Born | Gerhart Hirsch 9 February 1923 |
Died | 22 September 2007(2007-09-22) (aged 84) Vosnon, France |
Other names | Gérard Horst, Michel Bosquet |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
In the 1960s and 1970s, he was a main theorist in the New Left movement and coined the concept of non-reformist reform.[4] His central theme was wage labour issues such as liberation from work, the just distribution of work, social alienation, and a guaranteed basic income.[5]