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Arnaud Spire

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Arnaud Spire
Born(1939-06-16)16 June 1939
DiedJanuary 2022 (aged 82)
NationalityFrench
OccupationJournalist

Arnaud Spire (16 June 1939 – January 2022) was a French journalist and philosopher.[1] He worked primarily for L'Humanité.

Biography

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The son of professor of philosophy Gilbert Spire and Marie-Rose Helphen, Arnaud was born on 16 June 1939 in Annecy.[2] He moved to Algeria in March 1962 and worked as a journalist for Alger républicain until 1965. While he was an underground activist opposing the 1965 Algerian coup d'état, he was arrested, tortured, and expelled back to France.[2]

After earning a degree in philosophy in 1967, Spire began teaching the subject. He was laid off in 1974 due to his union activism and joined the editorial staff of La Nouvelle Critique [fr], a newspaper published by the French Communist Party. After this he worked as a journalist for L'Humanité.[2]

Spire was a member of the executive board of Espaces Marx [fr] and a councilor of the Fondation Gabriel-Péri [fr]. He wrote numerous books alongside Jean-Paul Jouary [fr] and particularly focused on the thoughts of Marxism. He wrote numerous articles for the likes of Multitudes and Regards.

He died in January 2022, at the age of 82.[3]

Publications

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  • Giscard et les idées : essai sur la guerre idéologique (1980)
  • Éloge de la politique (1981)
  • Invitation à la philosophie marxiste (1983)
  • Le Coup d'État continue : Mitterrand et les institutions (1985)
  • Penser les révolutions : seconde invitation à la philosophie marxiste (1989)
  • Lénine, l'éternel retour du concret : seconde invitation à la philosophie marxiste (1991)
  • Grammaire du pluralisme : entretiens avec Bernard-Henri Lévy, Régis Debray, Paul-Loup Sulitzer, et al. (1993)
  • Servitudes et grandeurs du cynisme : de l'impossibilité des principes et de l'impossibilité de s'en passer (1997)
  • Marx cet inconnu (1999)
  • La pensée-Prigogine (1999)
  • Marx contemporain - Cycle de réflexion philosophique ouvert le 16 mars 2000 à l'initiative de l'association Espaces Marx et de l'Université Paris VIII-Saint-Denis (2003)
  • L'idéologie toujours présente : dialogue entre eidos et logos (2004)
  • Quand l'événement dépasse le prévisible : critique de l'horloge déterministe (2006)

References

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  1. ^ Spire, Arnaud (1939-....) (in French). {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ a b c "SPIRE Arnaud, Albert. Pseudonyme : SI HAFID ou SAÏDI ABD-EL-KADER". Le Maitron (in French). 12 November 2022.
  3. ^ "La mort d'Arnaud Spire". L'Humanité (in French). 24 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.