Antoine Spire (born in Paris on 31 March 1946) is a press and radio journalist, an intellectual and a French publisher. He was director of the Human Sciences Research Department of the Institut national du cancer.[1]
Antoine Spire | |
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 Antoine Spire in 2013 | |
| Born | 31 March 1946 Paris, France |
| Alma mater | HEC Paris |
| Occupation | Journalist |
He is also a host/coordinator of national conferences and cultural meetings. He is an editorial advisor to the newspaper Le Monde, Le Monde de l'éducation, a journalist at La Vie and collaborates on various associative publications.[2]
Author of books, he has also participated in numerous popular works produced in collaboration with intellectuals including Pierre Bourdieu, Jacques Derrida, George Steiner, Edgar Morin.[3]
He is a graduate of Lycée privé Sainte-Geneviève and HEC Paris. He also has a master's degree in sociology obtained in 1968.[4]
Based in Ivry-sur-Seine, he regularly hosts a "Café philosophique" and is an activist in the local section of the Socialist Party.[5]
In the second round of the 2012 presidential election, he publicly supported François Hollande.[6]
Books
edit- La Bataille du livre, (with J. P. Viala), Paris, Éditions sociales, 1976
- Profession permanent, Paris, Seuil, 1980
- La Culture des camarades, Paris, Autrement, 1986
- La Délation, Paris, Autrement, 1987
- Le Silence en héritage, Paris, Laffont, 1988
- Ces enfants qui nous manquent, Paris, Maren Sell, 1990
- L'Argent, pour une réhabilitation morale, Paris, Autrement, 1992
- Après les grands soirs, Paris, Autrement, 1996, (ISBN 2-86260-611-1)
- Paris impressions, Paris, Subervie, 1998
- La Barbarie de l'ignorance, interview with George Steiner, Latresne, Le Bord de l'eau, 1998
- Sur parole : entretien avec Jacques Derrida, Paris, l'Aube, 1999
- La Volonté de comprendre : entretien avec Jean-Pierre Vernant, Paris, l'Aube, 1999
- Reliances : entretien avec Edgar Morin, Paris, l'Aube, 2000
- Ce qui me hante, interview with George Steiner, Latresne, Le Bord de l'eau, 2000
- L'Obsession des origines, Paris, Verticales/Seuil, 2000
- Questions à Paris, with Nicolas Martin, Latresne, Le Bord de l'eau, 2001
- « Philosophie et Santé », Latresne, Le Bord de l'eau, 2001
- Au-delà des apparences, interview with Jacques Derrida, Latresne, Le Bord de l'eau, 2002
- La philosophie est essentielle à l'existence humaine, interview with Félix Guattari, Paris, l'Aube, 2002
- Si le monde social m'est supportable […], interview with Pierre Bourdieu, Paris, l'Aube, 2002
- La Mémoire, with Christian Derouesné, Paris, EDP Sciences, 2002
- L'Optimisme de la volonté, interview with Eric J. Hobsbawm, Latresne, Le Bord de l'eau, 2003
- Le Passant composé, interview with Daniel Mesguich, Latresne, Le Bord de l'eau, 2004
- Dieu aime-t-il les malades ?, with Nicolas Martin, Paris, Anne Carrière, 2004 (prix du MEDEC 20056)
- Dictionnaire du judaïsme français depuis 1944, project management with Jean Leselbaum, Lormont, Le Bord de l'eau, 2013