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| Ricoeur and Macron (Louis Monnier) |
Paul Ricoeur: The philosopher
behind Emmanuel Macron
Unthinkable: Macron studied under Ricoeur.
What could it mean for his presidency?
Joe Humphreys, Irish Times
5.30.17
Paul Ricoeur
is one of those continental philosophers you have to read with a
dictionary in one hand and a strong coffee in the other (“difficult to
categorise”, as one reference work gently puts it). So he’s an unlikely
candidate for providing the material to halt the march of populism in
Europe.
Yet his most famous student Emmanuel Macron
is being credited with doing just that, having secured an election
victory that has calmed nerves in Brussels and Berlin after the UK’s
Brexit vote.
Precisely what Macron will deliver remains unclear but there’s no doubt
he has been heavily influenced by Ricoeur, with whom he worked for two
years before leaving academia and becoming an investment banker...link
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