François Ewald
François Robert Ewald (born April 29, 1946 ) is a French philosopher and sociologist. He is Professor of Insurance at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers and Director of the Ecole nationale d'assurances . His research is particularly concerned with risk and the philosophy of risk.
He became internationally known as Michel Foucault's assistant at the Collège de France . He later published an edition of Foucault's writings with Daniel Defert and together with Alessandro Fontana Foucault's lectures at the Collège de France . His career as a political intellectual led him from that of a radical Marxist in May 68 to the French employers' association MEDEF , as the intellectual standard- bearer of which he is considered. He has been a holder of the Legion of Honor since 2006 .
Publications
- L'Etat providence (1986), published in German as Der Vorsorgestaat , Suhrkamp 1993
- Le Principe de precaution (2001, 2008)
literature
- Michael C. Behrent: Accidents Happen: François Ewald, the “Antirevolutionary” Foucault, and the Intellectual Politics of the French Welfare State . In: The Journal of Modern History 82, September 2010, pp. 585–624 ( online as PDF ).
Web links
- Profile at the University of Connecticut
- Claudia Mäder: “Foucault defended the truth against fake news” , in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , April 14, 2018, interview
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ewald, François |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ewald, François Robert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French philosopher and sociologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1946 |