Maurice Blanchot
Maurice Blanchot | |
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| Born | 22 September 1907 Devrouze, Saône-et-Loire, France |
| Died | 20 February 2003 (aged 95) Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France |
| Education | |
| Education | University of Strasbourg (B.A., 1922) University of Paris (M.A., 1930) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
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| Notable ideas | The Neutral (le neutre) Right to death Two kinds of death |
Maurice Blanchot (/blɑːnˈʃoʊ/ blahn-SHOH; French: [blɑ̃ʃo]; 22 September 1907 – 20 February 2003) was a French writer, philosopher and literary theorist. His work, exploring a philosophy of death alongside poetic theories of meaning and sense, bore significant influence on post-structuralist philosophers such as Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Nancy.