Fred Poché (born 21 May 1960) is a French

philosopher 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 ...

. Bachelor of philosophy from the

Institut Catholique de Paris The Institut catholique de Paris (, abbr. ICP), known in English as the Catholic University of Paris (and in Latin as ''Universitas catholica Parisiensis''), is a private university located in Paris, France. History: 1875–present The Institut ...

, higher degree in language sciences from the University of Paris III: Sorbonne nouvelle,

PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

in philosophy (Paris X-Nanterre), and accreditation awarded (

Habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and some other European and non-English-speaking countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excelle ...

) by the

University of Strasbourg The University of Strasbourg (, Unistra) is a public research university located in Strasbourg, France, with over 52,000 students and 3,300 researchers. Founded in the 16th century by Johannes Sturm, it was a center of intellectual life during ...

as supervisor of doctoral students. He is professor of

contemporary philosophy Contemporary philosophy is the present period in the history of Western philosophy beginning at the early 20th century with the increasing professionalization of the discipline and the rise of analytic and continental philosophy. The phrase "con ...

at the Catholic University of the West in

Angers Angers (, , ;) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Duchy of Anjou, Anjou until the French Revolution. The i ...

. His research concerns

social philosophy Social philosophy is the study and interpretation of society and social institutions in terms of ethical values rather than empirical relations. Social philosophers emphasize understanding the social contexts for political, legal, moral and cultur ...

and covers the following fields: recognition,

dignity Dignity is a human's contentment attained by satisfying physiological needs and a need in development. The content of contemporary dignity is derived in the new natural law theory as a distinct human good. As an extension of the Enlightenment- ...

vulnerability Vulnerability refers to "the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally." The understanding of social and environmental vulnerability, as a methodological approach, involves ...

, memories, wounds,

racism Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one Race (human categorization), race or ethnicity over another. It may also me ...

, contextuality and

politics Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with decision-making, making decisions in social group, groups, or other forms of power (social and political), power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of Social sta ...

. Finot Prize for 2009 awarded by the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences for ''Blessures intimes, blessures sociales. De la plainte à la solidarité'', Paris, Cerf, 2008.

Published works

* ''Une éthique du vivre ensemble. La philosophie sociale de

Cornel West Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953) is an American philosopher, theologian, political activist, politician, social critic, and public intellectual. West was an independent candidate in the 2024 United States presidential election and is an ou ...

'', Lyon, Chronique Sociale, 2017. * ''La culture de l'autre. Une lecture postcoloniale d'Emmanuel Levinas'', Lyon, Chronique sociale, 2015 * ''Le temps des oubliés. Refaire la démocratie'', Lyon, Chronique sociale, 2014. * ''

Edward W. Said Edward Wadie Said (1 November 1935 – 24 September 2003) was a Palestinian-American academic, literary critic, and political activist. As a professor of literature at Columbia University, he was among the founders of post-colonial studies.R ...

, l’humaniste radical. Aux sources de la pensée postcoloniale'', Paris, Éditions du Cerf, 2013. * ''A-t-on encore le droit d'être fragile?: entretiens avec Francesca Piolot'', Lyon, Chronique sociale, 2013. * ''Blessures intimes, blessures sociales. De la plainte à la solidarité'', Paris, Éditions du Cerf, 2008, (Jean Finot Prize: Academy of Moral and Political Sciences). * ''El pensamiento de lo social en

Jacques Derrida Jacques Derrida (; ; born Jackie Élie Derrida;Peeters (2013), pp. 12–13. See also 15 July 1930 – 9 October 2004) was a French Algerian philosopher. He developed the philosophy of deconstruction, which he utilized in a number of his texts, ...

. Para comprender la deconstrucción'', Prologo de Victor Florian, Editorial Bonaventuriana, Bogota, Colombia, 2008. * ''Penser avec Jacques Derrida. Comprendre la déconstruction'', Lyon, Chronique Sociale, 2007. * '' Lévinas chemin ou obstacle à la théologie chrétienne. L’hospitalité des intelligences'', Paris, Éditions du Cerf, 2005. * ''Organiser la résistance sociale'', Lyon, Chronique sociale, 2005. * '' Une politique de la fragilité. Éthique, dignité et luttes sociales'', Paris, Éditions du Cerf, 2004. * ''L'échec traversé'' (avec Véronique Margron) Paris, Desclée de Brouwer, 2003. * ''J'ai envie de savoir'' (avec Bruno Hubert), postface d’ Albert Jacquard, Paris, Éditions de l'Atelier, 2001. * ''Reconstruire la dignité'', Lyon, Chronique sociale, 2000. * ''Penser avec Arendt et Lévinas. Du mal politique au respect de l'autre'', Chronique Sociale, Lyon, en co-édition avec EVO, Bruxelles et Tricorne, Genève, 1998 (3e édition, 2009). * '' Sujet, parole et exclusion, Une philosophie du sujet parlant'', préface de Michèle Bertrand, Paris, Éditions L'Harmattan, 1996. * ''L’homme et son langage, Introduction à la linguistique'', Lyon, Chronique Sociale, 1993.

English articles

* "Deterritorialization, globalization and citizenship", Concordia. Internationale Zeitschrift für Philosophie, n°66, 2014, p. 83-87. * "Metaphor knowledge and truth, according to Paul Ricoeur", Edited by Raul Fornet-Betancourt, Justice, Knowledge and spirituality, Denktraditionen im Dialog : Studien zur Befreiung und InterkulturalitŠt, Band 36, Dokumentation des XVII. Internationalen Seminars des Dialogprogramms Nord-SŸd, Wissenschaftsverlag Mainz 2014, p. 183-186.

References

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