Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe

Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe
Born6 March 1940
Tours, France
Died28 January 2007(2007-01-28) (aged 66)
Paris, France
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
Deconstruction
InstitutionsUniversity of Strasbourg
Main interests
Literary criticism
Tragedy
Notable ideas
The literary Absolute (L'Absolu littéraire)
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Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (/ləˈk ləˈbɑːrt/ lə-KOO lə-BART, French: [laku labaʁt]; 6 March 1940 – 28 January 2007) was a French philosopher. He was also a literary critic and translator. Lacoue-Labarthe published several influential works with his friend Jean-Luc Nancy.

Lacoue-Labarthe was influenced by and wrote extensively on Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida, Jacques Lacan, German Romanticism, Paul Celan, and Gérard Granel.[1] He also translated works by Heidegger, Celan, Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich Hölderlin, and Walter Benjamin into French.

Lacoue-Labarthe was a member and president of the Collège international de philosophie.


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