Yves Michaud (born July 11, 1944) is a

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. As a student, he studied philosophy and science at

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and the Sorbonne in Paris. His early research involved the study of political violence and

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, especially the works of

John Locke John Locke (; 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism ...

and

David Hume David Hume (; born David Home; 7 May 1711 NS (26 April 1711 OS) – 25 August 1776) Cranston, Maurice, and Thomas Edmund Jessop. 2020 999br>David Hume" ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved 18 May 2020. was a Scottish Enlightenment philo ...

. He was Director of the

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from 1989 to 1997. In 2000, Michaud partnered with

Jean-Jacques Aillagon Jean-Jacques Aillagon (born 2 October 1946, Metz) is a French politician, a close confidant of Jacques Chirac and member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) political party. From 1972 to 1976 he was a high school teacher in the Corrèze ...

to establish the ''Université de tous les savoirs (University of all knowledge)'', a French government initiative to disseminate information on new scientific advances. Michaud has published widely on the relationships of the arts and culture in a globalized, technological world. In 2007 ''

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'' published his article entitled "Ce nouveau fondamentalisme moral qui menace la société française".Ce nouveau fondamentalisme moral qui menace la société française
lefigaro.fr. Retrieved 20 November 2010

Works by Michaud

* ''Violence et politique'', 1978 * ''Hume et la fin de la philosophie'', 1983 * ''La Violence'', PUF, coll. « Que sais-je ? », 1986 * ''Locke'', 1986 ; réimpr. 1998 * ''Enseigner l'art ? : analyses et réflexions sur les écoles d'art'', Nîmes, 1993 * ''La Crise de l'art contemporain'', 1997 * ''Changements dans la violence : essai sur la bienveillance et sur la peur'', 2002 * ''Précis de recomposition politique : des incivismes à la française et de quelques manières d'y remédier'', Paris, Climats, 2002, réimpr. 2006 * '' L'Art à l'état gazeux : essai sur le triomphe de l'esthétique'', 2003 * ''Université de tous les savoirs : le renouvellement de l'observation dans les sciences'', 2004 * ''Chirac dans le texte, la parole et l'impuissance'', 2004 * ''Humain, inhumain, trop humain : réflexions philosophiques sur les biotechnologies, la vie et la conservation de soi à partir de l'œuvre de Peter Sloterdijk'', Paris, Climats, 2006 * ''L'artiste et les commissaires : quatre essais non pas sur l'art contemporain mais sur ceux qui s'en occupent'', Paris, Hachette, 2007 * ''Qu'est-ce que le mérite ?'', Bourin éditeur, 2009 * ''Ibiza mon amour ; enquête sur l'industrialisation du plaisir'', NiL editions, 2012 * '' Narcisse et ses avatars'', Broché, 2014

Prizes and decorations

* Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur *

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and Letters) is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is ...

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1944 births Living people École Normale Supérieure alumni Academic staff of the University of Paris French historians of philosophy 20th-century French philosophers 21st-century French philosophers 21st-century French writers Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres French male non-fiction writers {{France-academic-bio-stub

Works by Michaud

Prizes and decorations

See also

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