Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe
French philosopher, literary critic, and translator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Philippe Labarthe.
Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (/ləˈkuː ləˈbɑːrt/ lə-KOO lə-BART, French: [laku labaʁt]; 6 March 1940 – 28 January 2007) was a French philosopher. He was also a literary critic and translator. Lacoue-Labarthe published several influential works with his friend Jean-Luc Nancy.
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Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe | |
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Born | 6 March 1940 Tours, France |
Died | 28 January 2007(2007-01-28) (aged 66) Paris, France |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Continental philosophy Deconstruction |
Institutions | University of Strasbourg |
Main interests | Literary criticism Tragedy |
Notable ideas | The literary Absolute (L'Absolu littéraire) |
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Lacoue-Labarthe was influenced by and wrote extensively on Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida, Jacques Lacan, German Romanticism, Paul Celan, and Gérard Granel.[1] He also translated works by Heidegger, Celan, Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich Hölderlin, and Walter Benjamin into French.
Lacoue-Labarthe was a member and president of the Collège international de philosophie.