The Life and Thought of Alexandre Kojve by Marco Filoni, Dav... - 9780810148796

The Life and Thought of Alexandre KojveAuthor(s): Marco Filoni, David Broder\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Northwestern University Press, United States\nImprint: Northwestern University Press\nISBN-13: 9780810148796, 978-0810148796\nSynopsis\nA fresh and vivid reappraisal of one of the most influential intellects of the modern era \n Alexandre Koj ve is one of the twentieth century's most seductive and intriguing figures. A product of the Russian merchant bourgeoisie, he became, depending on one's point of view, either an overzealous bureaucrat or a secret agent who infiltrated the upper echelons of French state bureaucracy, spending the last twenty years of his life working in international diplomacy and high finance. Marco Filoni describes each facet of Kojve's different lives in crystalline detail: the cultural circles of his youth, his studies, his philosophical passions, his fundamental theoretical choices, and his intellectual network, as well as the students who would become p.