1949 in philosophy
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1949 in philosophy
Events
Publications
- Karl Jaspers, The Origin and Goal of History (1949); Note: Jaspers coined the term Axial Age.
- Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac (1949)
- Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind (1949)
- Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949)
- Jean Fourastié, Le Grand Espoir du XXe siècle (1949, no English translation available?)
- Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949)
- George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)[1]
Births
- January 1 - Ljubodrag Simonović, Serbian philosopher, author and basketball player
- January 2 - Iris Marion Young (died 2006)
- January 11 - Jean-Paul Enthoven, French philosopher and publisher[2]
- March 21 - Slavoj Žižek, Slovenian cultural theorist[3]
- April 13 - Christopher Hitchens, British-American journalist (died 2011)[4]
- June 30 - Alain Finkielkraut
- July 18 - Axel Honneth
Deaths
- November 23 - Gustav Radbruch (born 1878)
References
- ^ Lynskey, Dorian (2019). The ministry of truth: the biography of George Orwell's 1984. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-54405-4.
- ^ Who's Who in France, 2008 edition, p. 838.
- ^ "Slavoj Žižek". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "Christopher Hitchens". Britannica. 2025-10-31. Retrieved 2025-11-03.