Rémi Brague

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Rémi Brague

Rémi Brague (born September 8, 1947 in Paris ) is a French philosopher with a focus on religious philosophy , Arabic philosophy and medieval philosophy .

Life

Rémi Brague completed his studies in philosophy and classical languages ​​in 1971 and received his doctorate in 1976. He later also studied medieval Hebrew at the College of Practical Social Sciences and Arabic at the College of Oriental Languages ​​and Civilizations . From 1976 to 1988 he worked on research at the Center national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS). In 1986 he received his doctorate in literature. From 1988 to 1990 he taught as a professor at the University of Burgundy and has been a lecturer since 1990, and since 1991 professor of philosophy of the Middle Ages at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in Paris . At the same time, from 2002 to 2012 he held the chair for Philosophy of the Religions of Europe ( Guardini Chair ) at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . Brague had lectureships at the universities of Pennsylvania, Boston, Lausanne and Cologne.

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Brague's research is based on a comparative history of ideas from ancient and medieval cultures. He examines the roots of medieval thought in the traditions of antiquity and in religious sources. He deals with the cosmological framework of premodern anthropology and ethics , the doctrine of providence of Thomas Aquinas , distress as a world experience and the need for a metaphysical justification for morality.

Honors

  • In 2008 Brague was nominated for the Josef Pieper Prize “for outstanding philosophical writings on the European-Christian image of man”, which was presented at a symposium entitled “Europe in search of itself” (15-17 May 2009) was awarded in Münster.
  • In 2012 he was awarded the Joseph Ratzinger Prize by the "Vatican Foundation Joseph Ratzinger - Benedict XVI." For his outstanding scientific achievements , in particular for his approach of combining "speculative thinking and understanding of history with" deep Christian and Catholic faith "" .

Fonts

Books:

  • Europe, an eccentric identity (= Edition Pandora. Vol. 13). Campus, Frankfurt 1993, ISBN 3-593-34837-3 (French original: Europe, la voie romaine , Paris 1992). 2nd, revised and expanded edition: Europe - its culture, its barbarism. Eccentric Identity and Roman Secondary. VS, Wiesbaden 2012, ISBN 978-3-531-18473-9 .
  • with Peter Koslowski : Fatherland Europe. European and national identity in conflict. Passagen, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-85165-282-7 .
  • Wisdom of the world. Cosmos and world experience in western thinking. Beck, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-406-53521-6 (French original: La sagesse du monde , Paris 1999).
  • Modérément modern. Flammarion, Paris 2014, ISBN 978-2-0813-3111-2 .
  • Sur la religion. Flammarion, Paris 2018, ISBN 978-2-0814-1686-4 .
  • Anchor in the sky. Metaphysics as the foundation of anthropology . Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2018, ISBN 978-3-658-20529-4 (French original: Les Ancres dans le ciel , Paris 2011).

Items:

  • Geocentrism as humiliation of man. In: International Philosophy Journal. 1994/1, pp. 1-24.
  • The history of European culture as self-Europeanization. In: tumult. Publications on transport science. 22, 1996 (special issue: Europe's borders ), pp. 94-100.
  • Changes in self-image and identity. In: Hans-Jürgen Heinrichs (Ed.): The story is not over! Talks about the future of man and Europe . Passagen, Vienna 1999, ISBN 978-3-85165-387-8 , pp. 293-306.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Philosopher and Jesuit receive Ratzinger Prize , kathisch.de, September 28, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Brague, Rémi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris