The first and exhaustive biography of twentieth-century leftist
philosopher Andre Gorz. Recognized as one of the most lucid and
innovative critics of contemporary capitalism, Andre Gorz
(1923-2007) was known for asking fundamental questions regarding
the meaning of life and work. This first biography of a unique
figure operating at the confluence of literature, philosophy, and
journalism revisits half a century of intellectual and political
life. Born Gerhart Hirsch in Vienna, he studied in Switzerland
before opting to live and work in France. A self-taught
existentialist thinker, he was constantly revising his view of the
world, unafraid to break new theoretical ground in doing so.
Influenced by Marx, Husserl, Sartre, and Illich, he had very close
affinities with the new thinking on the Left that was coming out of
Italy in the 1960s and 70s. He was also one of the first thinkers
to shape political ecology and to advocate de-growth. The
intellectual on the editorial board of Sartre's journal Les Temps
Modernes, Gorz was also a mainstream journalist. He wrote in
L'Express under the sobriquet Michel Bosquet before joining others
in the creation of Le Nouvel Observateur. Through Gorz's life
journey, we meet not only Sartre and de Beauvoir, but also Herbert
Marcuse, Fidel Castro, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Ivan Illich, Felix
Guattari, Antonio Negri, and many others. Beyond his poignant
autobiographical narratives, The Traitor and Letter to D, which
attest to his deep humanity, Gorz remains a precious guide for all
who believe that another world is still possible.
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