Clément Rosset (; 12 October 1939 – 28 March 2018) was a French philosopher and writer. He was a professor of

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

at the

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, and the author of books on

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and

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Early life

Rosset was born on 12 October 1939 in

Barneville-Carteret Barneville-Carteret () is a Communes of France, commune in the Manche Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy Regions of France, region of north-western France. For many years it has been a popular sea ...

, France. He graduated from the

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, and he passed the '' agrégation of philosophy'' in 1965.

Career

Rosset taught French at the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (; UdeM; ) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on M ...

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, Canada for two years. He was a professor of philosophy at the

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million The bulk of his work consists in some 30 short books, all of them brief studies or essays on various topics. Most popular is probably ''Le réel et son double'', that deals in an original manner with the inevitably illusionistic character of representations.

Arthur Schopenhauer Arthur Schopenhauer ( ; ; 22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher. He is known for his 1818 work ''The World as Will and Representation'' (expanded in 1844), which characterizes the Phenomenon, phenomenal world as ...

, on whom Rosset has published a few studies, remains a constant reference throughout his works. The fight with depression introduced a more personal strain in the later writings of Clément Rosset.

Death

Rosset died on 28 March 2018 in Paris, France.

Publications

In English: *''Joyful Cruelty: Toward a Philosophy of the Real'' (Free Association, 2010, )
''The Real and its Double''
(The University of Chicago Press, 2012, ) In French: * ''La Philosophie tragique'', Paris,

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, 1960 * ''Le Monde et ses remèdes'', Paris, Presses universitaires de France, Paris, 1964 * ''Lettre sur les chimpanzés : plaidoyer pour une humanité totale'', Paris,

Éditions Gallimard Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003, it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles. Founded by G ...

, 1965, reprint 1999 * ''Schopenhauer, philosophe de l'absurde'', Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1967, 2010 * ''L'Esthétique de Schopenhauer'', Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1969 * (under the pseudonym Roboald Marcas) ''Précis de philosophie moderne'', Paris, R. Laffont, 1968, reprint. ''Écrits satiriques 1'', Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 2008 * (under the pseudonym Roger Crémant) ''Les matinées structuralistes, suivies d'un Discours sur l'écrithure'' (''sic''), Paris, R. Laffont, 1969, partial reprint : ''Les Matinées savantes'', Montpellier, , 2011 * ''Logique du pire : éléments pour une philosophie tragique'', Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, series ', 1971 * ''L'Anti-nature : éléments pour une philosophie tragique'', Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1973 * '' : essai sur l'illusion'', Paris, Gallimard, 1976 * ''Le Réel : Traité de l'idiotie'', Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 1977 * ''L'Objet singulier'', Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 1979, * ''La Force majeure'', Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 1983 * ''Le Philosophe et les sortilèges'', Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 1985 * ''Le Principe de cruauté'', Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 1988 * ''Mozart, une folie de l'allégresse'', Paris, Mercure de France, 1990, reprint ''Le cas Mozart'', Le Passeur, 2013 (written by Rosset and Didier Raymond) () * ''Principes de sagesse et de folie'', Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 1991 * ''En ce temps-là - Notes sur Louis Althusser'', Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 1992 * ''Matière d'art : hommages'', Nantes, Le Passeur, 1992, rééd. Montpellier, Fata Morgana, 2010 * ''Le Choix des mots'', Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 1995 * ''Le Démon de la tautologie'', Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 1997 * ''Route de nuit : épisodes cliniques'', Paris, Gallimard, 1999 * ''Le Réel, l'imaginaire et l'illusoire'', Biarritz, Distance, 2000 (reissued in ''Fantasmagories'', Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 2005) * ''Loin de moi : étude sur l'identité'', Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 2001 * ''Le Régime des passions'', Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 2001 * ''Propos sur le cinéma'', Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 2001 * ''Franchise postale'' orrespondence with Michel Polac">Michel_Polac.html" ;"title="orrespondence with Michel Polac">orrespondence with Michel Polac Presses universitaires de France, 2003 * ''Impressions fugitives : L'ombre, le reflet, l'écho'', Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 2004 * ''Fantasmagories'', Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 2005 * ''L'École du réel'', Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 2008 [anthology] * ''La Nuit de mai'', Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 2008 ., La Vie des idées, 4 February 2009. * ''Une passion homicide'', Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 2008 * ''Le Monde perdu'', Éditions Fata Morgana, 2009 * ''Tropiques. Cinq conférences mexicaines'', Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 2010 * ''La folie sans peine'', written by Didier Raymond �dition originale : Points, 1991et remanié par l'auteur, dessins de Jean-Charles Fitoussi, PUF, 2010 * ''Récit d'un noyé'', Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 2012 * ''L'Invisible'', Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 2012 * ''Question sans réponse'' ostface to Santiago Espinosa, ''L'inexpressif musical'', Encre Marine, 2013() * ''Faits divers'', Paris, PUF, Perspectives critiques, 2013 * ''Esquisse biographique. Entretiens avec Santiago Espinosa'', Encre Marine, 2017 () * ''L'endroit du paradis. Trois études''. Paris,

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, 2018 ()

Bibliography

* Marc Alpozzo, Le langage du réel ou de la tautologie selon Clément Rosset, ''Les Carnets de la Philosophie'', n°12, July–August–September 2010
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* Roxanne Breton, L'unique et le double : la répétition et la joie dans l'œuvre de Clément Rosset, ''Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review'', vol.55/2, 2016 * Sébastien Charles, ''La philosophie française en questions. Interviews with Comte-Sponville, Conche, Ferry, Lipovetsky, Onfray et Rosset'', Paris, Le Livre de Poche, 2004
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* Jacques Dewitte, Le réel simple ou double. Sur l' "ontologie du réel" de Clément Rosset, ''Critique'' n°730, 2008, * Rafael Del Hierro, ''La filosofia tragica. Aprobacion de lo real y critica del doble.'' Thèse de doctorat, Madrid, 1995
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* Rafael Del Hierro, ''Rosset y los filosofos. Estudios sobre Schopenhauer y Nietzsche'', 2014
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* Rafael Del Hierro, ''Rosset (1939)'', Madrid, , 2001 * Denis Lejeune, The philosophy of Clément Rosset (in ''The Radical Use of Chance in 20th Century Art'', Amsterdam, Rodopi, 2012) * Olga del Pilar Lopez-Betancur, ''La philosophie tragique chez Clément Rosset : un regard sur le réel.'' Thèse de doctorat, Paris, 2014
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* Pierre-Yves Macé, Photo-, phono- et cinématographie chez Clément Rosset, ''Labyrinthe'' n°36-1, 2011
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* Philippe Mengue, Clément Rosset : de la pensée du simple à l'allégresse, ''Critique'', n°409-410, 1981, * Jean Tellez, ''La joie et le tragique. Introduction à la pensée de Clément Rosset'', Éditions Germina, 2009 * Stéphane Vinolo, ''Clément Rosset, la philosophie comme anti-ontologie'', L'Harmattan, 2012 * * Jean-Charles Fitoussi : ''De la musique ou la jota de Rosset'' (2013)
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References

External links

''Atelier Clément Rosset'': a French, comprehensive blog on the philosopher

Atelier Clément Rosset (numerous articles and bibliography)

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Entretien avec Pierre Dumayet (1961)
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