Henri Gouhier

Born in Auxerre, Yonne, Gouhier's studies led to a doctorate in 1926.He served as the Professor of philosophy at a lycée in Troyes from 1925 to 1928.In 1979 he was elected to 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.
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