Edgar Morin

Henry Dicks (Université Lyon 3)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.07: French Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (University of Western Australia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

Born 21 Jul 1921
Activity 1946-ongoing

Places

Born in France
Active in France

Activities

Primary

Philosopher
Sociologist

Resources

Morin's Works

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Edgar Morin, born Edgar Nahoum on the 21st of July 1921 in Paris, is a French sociologist and philosopher. Starting his career examining various different aspects of popular culture within the framework of what he calls the “sociology of the present”, Morin’s thought diversified in the early 1970s, engaging more closely with recent theoretical developments in the natural sciences. The result was the six-volume chef d’oeuvre,

La Méthode

(1977-2004), which synthesizes physics, biology, and anthropology into a theoretical framework whose key notion is “complexity”. He has applied the theories developed in

La Méthode

to a number of domains, particularly education and the environment. Relatively neglected in both his native France and Anglophone countries, he has exerted a…

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Citation: Dicks, Henry. "Edgar Morin". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 31 August 2012 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13178, accessed 27 November 2024.]