Alexandre Kojève (Russian: Александр Владимирович Кожевников, Aleksandr Vladimirovič Koževnikov; April 28, 1902 – June 4, 1968) was a Russian-born French philosopher and statesman whose readings of Hegel and Marx had an immense influence on twentieth-century French philosophy and on the American philosopher Allan Bloom. As a statesman in the French government, he was instrumental in the creation of the European Union.
Kojève was born in Russia to...
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Alexandre Kojève (Russian: Александр Владимирович Кожевников, Aleksandr Vladimirovič Koževnikov; April 28, 1902 – June 4, 1968) was a Russian-born French philosopher and statesman whose readings of Hegel and Marx had an immense influence on twentieth-century French philosophy and on the American philosopher Allan Bloom. As a statesman in the French government, he was instrumental in the creation of the European Union.
Kojève was born in Russia to a wealthy and influential family. He was educated in Berlin and Heidelberg, Germany. He completed his Ph.D., on the Russian religious philosopher Vladimir Soloviev's views on the union of God and man in Christ, under the direction of Karl Jaspers. Early influences included the philosopher Martin Heidegger and the historian of science Alexandre Koyré. Kojève spent most of his life in France, and in 1933-1939 he delivered in Paris a series of lectures on Hegel's work Phenomenology of Spirit. After World War II, Kojève worked in the French...
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