Pierre Rosanvallon [SEP] place of birth
Pierre Rosanvallon
Pierre Rosanvallon (born 1 January 1948, Blois) is a French intellectual and historian, named professor at the Collège de France in 2001. He holds there the chair in modern and contemporary political history. His works are dedicated to the history of democracy, French political history, the role of the state, and the question of social justice in contemporary societies. He is also director of studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales, where he led the Raymond Aron Centre of Political Researches between 1992
Inscription and erasure: literature and written culture from the eleventh to the eighteenth century" by Roger Chartier, 2007
- "Vital nourishment : departing from happiness" by François Jullien, 2007
- "The demands of liberty: civil society in France since the Revolution" by Pierre Rosanvallon, 2007.
- "Counter-democracy : politics in an age of distrust" by Pierre Rosanvallon, 2008.
- "Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont in America: their friendship and their travels" by Alexis de