Alexandre Koyré and the Collège de France

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ID6427277
AuthorsStuart Elden (0000-0002-7885-2444, University of Warwick, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume51
Issue2
Pages276-289
Publication date2024-08-19
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistory of European Ideas (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0191-6599 • E-ISSN: 1873-541X
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01916599.2024.2391378
OpenAlexW4401703937
LanguageFR
References cited16

This article discusses an important moment in the career of Alexandre Koyré, and the history of philosophy in France. It looks at the 1951 election of a successor to Étienne Gilson at the Collège de France, for which Koyré was one of the possible candidates, alongside Henri Gouhier and Martial Gueroult. Koyré came close, but Gueroult was elected to the chair. In time, Gueroult was succeeded first by Jean Hyppolite and then, in 1970, by Michel Foucault. Using archival documents to discuss the process in detail, this article shows the weakness of Koyré's proposers, and the strength of Gouhier's application. Finally, drawing on Koyré's outline of his proposed teaching programme, it discusses how success might have shaped his future career, using this as an indication of his position within and beyond a French tradition in the philosophy and history of the sciences

Art · Humanities · Political science · Historical and Literary Studies · Philosophy

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