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Edition 29 (2017) Winner
Gérard Rabinovitch
ジェラール・ラビノヴィッチ
Gérard Rabinovitch
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1948 （Paris）
- Nationality
- French
- Languages
- French
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Paris, France
Career
- Occupations
- philosopher, sociologist
- Active Years
- 1948-2024
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Paris VII-Denis Diderot, University of Minas Gerais
- Influenced By
- Max Weber, Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch, Siegfried Kracauer, Sigmund Freud
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Knight of the National Order of Merit | — | — | French Government | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters | — | — | Ministry of Culture | 受賞 |
| 2020 | Officer of the Order of Academic Palms | — | — | French Government | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Canadian Jewish Literary Award | Les révolutions de Leonard Cohen | — | — | 受賞 |
Knight of the National Order of Merit
2013
Organization:
French Government
Result:
受賞
Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters
2016
Organization:
Ministry of Culture
Result:
受賞
Officer of the Order of Academic Palms
2020
Organization:
French Government
Result:
受賞
Canadian Jewish Literary Award
2017
Work:
Les révolutions de Leonard Cohen
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
De la destructivité humaine. Fragments sur le Béhémoth
2009 PhilosophyDevelops the concept of 'destructiveness' to understand Nazism and genocide, using the Behemoth metaphor instead of Leviathan.
destructivenessNazismgenocidedeath drive
Comment ça va mal? L’humour juif, un art de l'esprit
2009 Philosophy-HumorExplores the specificity of Jewish humor as a symbol of Jewish culture between anthropological disillusionment and messianic hope.
Jewish humorethicsdisillusionment
Et vous trouvez ça drôle?!... Variations sur le propre de l'homme
2011 Philosophy-HumorAnalyzes the ethical role of humor, comparing Jewish and British humor and its civilizing effects.
humorhuman naturecivilization
Bibliography
- Éthique et environnement
- Questions sur la Shoah
- Le Sourire d’Isaac, L’humour juif comme Art de l’Esprit
- Abraham Joshua Heschel, un Tzaddiq dans la Cité
- Antijudaïsme et Barbarie
- Connaissance du Monde juif
- Comment ça va mal? L’humour juif, un art de l'esprit
- De la destructivité humaine. Fragments sur le Béhémoth
- Et vous trouvez ça drôle?!... Variations sur le propre de l'homme
- Terrorisme/Résistance. D’une confusion lexicale à l’époque des sociétés de masse
- Les révolutions de Leonard Cohen
- Somnambules et Terminators. Sur une crise civilisationnelle contemporaine
- Leçons de la Shoah
- Philosophie clinique. Au chevet de l’animal parlant
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Weberian tradition Frankfurt School consonance Psychoanalytic influence
- Recurring Motifs
- destructiveness ethics of disillusionment humor
Legacy
French philosopher and sociologist who developed the concept of 'destructiveness' to understand Nazism and genocide, proposing an ethics of disillusionment through analyses of humor and Jewish culture.
Trivia
- His father, Léopold Rabinovitch, was a resistance fighter in FTP-MOI, deported to Dachau in 1944.
- Secretary General of the Prix Francine and Antoine Bernheim for Arts, Letters and Sciences since 2008.