Henri Gouhier
Henri Gouhier (French: literary critic.
Biography
Born in
University of Lille between 1929 and 1940; subsequently, he taught at the University of Bordeaux
during 1940 and 1941.
Gouhier was a professor at the
Académie française and in 1988 was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
.
Gouhier supervised the undergraduate dissertation of famed sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, a translation of and commentary on Leibniz's Animadversions.[1] He also was a teacher of Michel Foucault and was the chair of his thesis jury.
He died in Paris.
Honours
- Commander of the Legion of Honor
- Grand Officer of the Ordre National du Mérite
- Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
References
- ^ Derek Robbins, "Pierre Bourdieu, 1930-2002," Theory, Culture & Society 19:3 (2002), 13
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