<nettime> And now for something completely different!

["Jon Lebkowsky" <jonl@polycot.com>]

Philosopher Who Challenged Postmodern Radicalism Is France's New Education
Minister
By SCOTT McLEMEE

When French President Jacques Chirac announced his new cabinet on Tuesday,
reporters scrutinized his choices to estimate their possible effect on the
forthcoming parliamentary races. But one of his appointments is as likely
to influence the world of ideas: The new minister of youth, education, and
research is Luc Ferry, 51, a professor of philosophy at the Sorbonne. Mr.
Ferry is best known for his criticism of several French thinkers who have
exercised considerable influence on scholarship in the United States. The
University of Chicago Press has published a number of Mr. Ferry's books in
translation -- including, earlier this month, Man Made God: The Meaning of
Life, which originally appeared in 1996.

(story continues at http://chronicle.com/free/2002/05/2002051003n.htm)



jon lebkowsky
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