Monique Canto Sparrowhawk
Monique Canto-Sperber (born May 14, 1954 in Algeria ) is a French philosopher and historian of philosophy . From 2005 to 2012 she was director of the École normal supérieure , Paris .
Life
Canto sparrowhawk grew up in French Algeria and came to metropolitan France in 1964. She attended the Lycée Racine and the Lycée Condorcet in Paris , as well as the École normal supérieure de jeunes filles in Sèvres . She received her doctorate in philosophy and an agrégation in philosophy. She then taught at the University of Rouen and the University of Picardy in Amiens . In 1993 she joined the CNRS as Director de recherche . From 2001 to 2004 she was a member of the Comité consultatif national d'éthique , until 2007 its vice-president. In 2005 she was appointed director of the École Normale Supérieure. From 2006 to 2010 she was also a professor in the Département des humanités et sciences sociales of the École polytechnique and Directrice d'études at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales .
Awards
Canto-Sparrowhawk is an officer of the Légion d'honneur , officer of the Ordre national du Mérite and chevalier des Ordre des Arts et des Lettres .
Research areas
Her areas of work are ethics and epistemology . In this context she also translated several dialogues of Plato ( Gorgias , Ion , Euthydemos , Menon , The State , Book VII). In 1993 she set up the Philosophy morale collection at Presses Universitaires de France , followed in 2000 by the Questions d'éthique collection . She herself published several monographs there. She has also written two monographs on the ethics of international relations and several monographs on the history and concept of left-wing liberalism .
Fonts (selection)
- L'Intrigue philosophique. Essai sur l'Euthydème de Plato , précédé d'une traduction. Paris, Les Belles lettres, 1987.
- Les Paradoxes de la connaissance. Essais sur le Ménon de Plato , 1991.
- La philosophy morale britannique , 1994.
- (Ed.): Dictionnaire d'éthique et de philosophie morale. Presses universitaires de France, Paris 1996 ISBN 2-13-047729-1 ; 4th edition, collection Quadrige / Dicos poche, 2004 ISBN 2-13-053828-2 .
- (Ed. And others): Philosophy grecque. Presses universitaires de France, coll.Premier cycle, Paris 1997.
- Éthiques grecques. Presses universitaires de France, coll. Quadrige / Essai, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-13-050646-1 .
- L'Inquiétude morale et la vie humaine. Presses universitaires de France, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-13-051641-6 , 2nd edition 2002, ISBN 2-13-052390-0 .
- Le Socialisme Libéral. Une anthologie (Europe - États-Unis) . Éditions Esprit, Paris 2003 ISBN 2-909210-29-4 .
- Pourquoi le libéralisme n'est pas le laissez-faire. En temps réel, Suresnes 2003.
- Les Règles de la liberté . Plon, Paris 2003, ISBN 2-259-19839-2 .
- Le Bien, la guerre et la terreur. Pour une moral international . Plon, Paris 2005 ISBN 2-259-20005-2 .
- with Nicolas Tenzer: Faut-il sauver le libéralisme? Éditions Grasset, Paris 2006, ISBN 2-246-69171-0
- Le Libéralisme et la Gauche. 2008
- with René Frydman: Naissance et Liberté. Plon, Paris 2008, Éditions Grasset, Paris 2009.
- Les Hommes et leurs récits. Éditions Textuel, Paris 2009.
- Pour une moral international. Presses universitaires de France, Paris 2010.
- La Guerre just. Presses universitaires de France, Paris 2010.
- Sans foi ni loi. Amour, amitié, séduction. Plon, Paris 2015.
Web links
- Eric Frezel, republique-des-lettres.fr, Paris, Monday 7 August 2017: Monique Canto-Sperber
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Canto Sparrowhawk, Monique |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French philosopher and historian of philosophy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Algeria |