G. A. Cohen
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Born | Gerald Allan Cohen 14 April 1941 |
Died | 5 August 2009 Oxford, England | (aged 68)
Other names | Jerry Cohen |
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Academic advisors | Gilbert Ryle[1] |
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Discipline | Philosophy |
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Gerald Allan Cohen
Life and career
Born into a communist
Cohen was assistant lecturer (1963–1964), lecturer (1964–1979), then reader (1979–1984) in the Department of Philosophy at University College London, before being appointed to the Chichele chair at Oxford in 1985. Several of his students, such as Christopher Bertram, Simon Caney, Alan Carter, Cécile Fabre, Will Kymlicka, John McMurtry, David Leopold, Michael Otsuka, Seana Shiffrin, and Jonathan Wolff went on to be important moral and political philosophers, while another, Ricky Gervais, has a successful career in comedy.[citation needed]
Known as a proponent of
Cohen was known for his flamboyant style during philosophical debates. According to his best friend, the philosopher Gerald Dworkin, "Nothing was too inappropriate, private, bizarre, or embarrassing to be suddenly brought into the conversation".[10] Cohen also abjured technology, a stance he called "technological conservatism". His wife, Michelle, answered all his email.
Cohen was close friends with Marxist political philosopher Marshall Berman.
Cohen died on 5 August 2009.
Works
- "Marx and Locke on Land and Labour" Proceedings of the British Academy 71, 1985 (1986)
- Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence (1978, 2000)
- History, Labour, and Freedom (1988)
- Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1995. OCLC 612482692.
- If You're an Egalitarian, How Come You're So Rich? (2000)
- "Expensive Taste Rides Again," in: Ronald Dworkin and his Critics, with replies by Dworkin (2004)
- Rescuing Justice and Equality (2008)
- Why Not Socialism? (2009) [Trad. esp.: ¿Por qué no el socialismo?, Buenos Aires/Madrid, Katz editores, 2011, ISBN 978-84-92946-13-6]
- On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice, and Other Essays in Political Philosophy (2011)
- Finding Oneself in the Other (2012)
- Lectures on the History of Moral and Political Philosophy (2013)
See also
References
- ^ Rosen, Michael (2010). "Jerry Cohen: An Appreciation". Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. p. 2. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ Vallentyne, Peter (2014). "Libertarianism". In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford University.
- ^ Rosen, Michael (2010). "Jerry Cohen: An Appreciation". Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. p. 5. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ Frank Vandenbroucke, Social Justice and Individual Ethics in an Open Society: Equality, Responsibility, and Incentives, Springer, 2012, p. 149.
- ^ Alexander Kaufman (ed.), Distributive Justice and Access to Advantage, Cambridge University Press, 2014, p. 52.
- ^ a b O'Grady, Jane (10 August 2009). "GA Cohen". The Guardian.
- ^ "The Labour Theory of Value and the Concept of Exploitation".
- ISBN 978-0-19-827196-3 – via Internet Archive.
- ISBN 978-0-19-285405-6.
- ^ "How universities killed the academic". March 2024.
Further reading
- The Egalitarian Conscience: Essays in Honour of G. A. Cohen (2006); edited by Christine Sypnowich
- Tomey, Simon (2012), "An Interview with Jerry Cohen", in Browning, Gary; Dimova-Cookson, Maria; ISBN 978-0-230-30305-8
- Vrousalis, Nicholas (24 September 2015). The Political Philosophy of G.A. Cohen. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-4725-3270-1.
- S2CID 143087659.
- Furner, James (2018). Marx on Capitalism: The Interaction-Recognition-Antinomy Thesis. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-32331-5.
External links
- Socialist Studies Special Edition on the Life and Work of G.A. Cohen
- Imprints interview
- Cohen's Tanner Lectures: "Incentives, Inequality, and Community" Archived 31 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- Cohen interview at Philosophy Bites (mp3 audio)
- Obituary to Gerald Cohen at The Third Estate
- Obituary in The Monthly Review
- Obituary in The Times Archived by Wayback Machine
- Obituary in The Guardian
- Obituary in The Independent
- Remembering Jerry Cohen: A Tribute in Socialist Worker Archived 29 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Review of Why Not Socialism? in The Oxonian Review[usurped]
- Journal of Ethics volume for Jerry Cohen
- Cohen Against Capitalism on Channel 4 on YouTube
- Jerry Cohen – an Appreciation Archived 14 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine by Michael Rosen
- 2010 All Souls College Commemoration of Gerald (Jerry) Allan Cohen with addresses from Professors Philippe Van Parijs, John Roemer, Myles Burnyeat and Timothy Scanlon, and a family tribute from Jerry's son Gideon Cohen.
- UCL News Obituary: Professor Jerry Cohen Professor Stephen Guest of UCL Laws writes in memory.
- Michael Otsuka’s remarks at Jerry Cohen’s funeral All Souls College Chapel, 11 August 2009 Archived 5 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine