Robert Maggiori
French-Italian philosopher, translator, and literary critic
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Robert Maggiori, born 13 April 1947 in Osimo, is a journalist, literary critic, translator (Italian to French), and philosopher in France.
Paris-Sorbonne University
Robert Maggiori | |
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| Born | April 13, 1947 |
| Occupations | Philosopher, professor, literary critic, translater |
| Relatives | Mark Maggiori (son) |
| Education | |
| Education | Lycée Jacques-Amyot, Melun Paris-Sorbonne University |
Academic advisor | Vladimir Jankélévitch |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary Philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| Institutions | PhiloMonaco (rencontres/awards) Libération (newspaper) |
Notable students | Charlotte Casiraghi |
Main interests | History of philosophy, Italian philosophy, moral philosophy, political science, public philosophy |
Biography & education
He completed secondary schooling at Lycée Jacques-Amyot[1] in Melun (Seine-et-Marne), then enrolled at La Sorbonne, where he pursued (but did not finish) a doctorate under the direction of Vladimir Jankélévitch.[2]
Initially appointed to teach at the Lycée André-Malraux in Montereau-Fault-Yonne, then to the Lycée Uruguay-France d'Avon, Seine-et-Marne, in the same department, he began to teach philosophy at the Lycée François-Couperin[3] in Fontainebleau in 1985.
Career
Robert Maggiori is also a journalist at Libération,[3] where he has published literary and philosophical criticism for nearly thirty years. One well-known piece in Libération is an interview of Jacques Derrida by Maggiori on the issue of multiple choice testing.[4] Moreover, in one of his lectures for Rencontres Philosophiques, he referenced an interview of his mentor, Vladimir Jankélévitch, for the newspaper, shortly before the latter's death in 1985.[5]
He contributes to numerous journals (La Pensée, Alfabeta, Le Magazine littéraire, Critique, Les Temps modernes, etc.) and translates Italian works in the humanities.[3] He was a member of the editorial board of Critique and co-director (with Christian Descamps) of the Itinéraires collection at Éditions Flammarion, and later of the collection Philosophie présente, Chez Bordas.[3]
He has translated several works (on political science, phenomenology, anthropology, philosophy, and psychiatry) from Italian into French.
He is a member of l'Institut de la pensée contemporaine (Institute of Contemporary Thought) at Paris Diderot University.[3]
Along with Charlotte Casiraghi,[a] Joseph Cohen, and Raphaël Zagury-Orly, he is a founding member of Les Rencontres Philosophiques de Monaco.[3] He is the President of the Jury for the prizes presented annually by the organization also called, for short, PhiloMonaco.[3]
Distinctions
- Chevalier, Ordre des Palmes académiques[1][3]
Personal life
He is the father of three adult children, including the French-American artist Mark Maggiori.
Published works
Authors listed only in the case of multiple authors; otherwise the work is by Robert Maggiori alone.
Books
- Grisoni, Dominique and Maggiori, Robert. Lire Gramsci. Éditions universitaires, 1973. Also published later in Les temps moderne, No 343, February 1975, pp. 879-1062. Digitized on 6 October 2006.[b]
- "De la convivance: philosophie de la liberté ou philosophie de l'amour?." Éditions Fayard, 1985. ISBN 9782213014302.
- De la Convivance, Editions Fayard, 1986. ISBN 9782213014302.
- "La philosophie au jour le jour." Éditions Flammarion, 1994). ISBN 9782080669155.
- Un animal, un philosophe, Éditions Julliard, 2005. ISBN 2260016863.
- À la rencontre des philosophes: 100 chroniques de Libération, Bordas, 2005. ISBN 9782047320631.
- Le métier de critique - Journalisme et philosophie, Éditions du Seuil, 2011. ISBN 9782020988001.
- Maggiori, Robert and Casiraghi, Charlotte. Archipel des Passions. Éditions du Seuil. 2018. ISBN 9782021335750.
- Mémoire. De Sartre à Bruno Latour. Vies et morts de philosophes contemporains. ISBN 9782711631308. Librairie philosophique J. Vrin, 2023.
Periodical works
- Delacampagne, Christian and Maggiori, Robert, dir., Philosopher. Les interrogations contemporaines, Matériaux pour un enseignement. Reviewed by Maryvonne Roth - 1981 - Philosophy in Review 1 (5):202-206. Republished in later collections. See section on editorial works.
- Contat, Michel and Maggiori, Robert. Obituary of Simone de Beauvoir. Radical Philosophy O44. Autumn 1986.
- "Can a Critic be Philosophical?". Le Débat, 1992/5 No 72, 1992. p.231-236.
- “Philosophy through the Looking Glass.” World Press Review 42 (5): 44. (1995).
- Etre ou avoir, une question de Fromm. Libération, Paris 19. October 2000, p. XI.
- Ost in Translation - 5 June 2009. Originally published in Libération, then republished at the link in VoxEurop. (English)
Prefaces
- Vladimir Jankélévitch filosofo dell'amore, preface to the Italian edition of Traité des Vertus, rendered as Trattato delle virtù, and translated by E. Klersy Imberciadori. Milan: Garzanti, 1987. Second edition 1996. 304p. ISBN 9788811674559. Out of print.
Translations
From Italian to French
- Notes sur Gramsci, by Alfonso Leonetti, EDI, Paris, 1974
- Pour le communisme : questions de théorie, by Nicola Badaloni, Mouton, La Haye, 1975
- Analyse en famille, by Maria Marcone, Éditions Payot, Paris, 1979
- L'Enfant poisson, by Michele Zappella, Paris, Payot, 1979
- La Mauvaise mère - Phénoménologie et anthropologie de l'infanticide, by Glauco Carloni and Daniela Nobili, Payot, 1977
- Sexualité et culture, by Franco Fornari, PUF, 1978
- Qu'est-ce que la psychiatrie ?, by Franco Basaglia, PUF, 1980
Works cited in
- Mythologies du porc, cited in the bibliography for Walter, Philippe: Le Courrier de l'environnement de l'INRA 37, no. 37 (1999): 103-105.
- Hottois, Gilbert, Christian Delacampagne, and Robert Maggiori. "Travail et technoscience." (2000). Cited in Silverstein, Marc. (ed.) Matériaux scientifiques et philosophiques pour un matérialisme contemporain. Éditions Matériologiques, 2013.
Editorial work
- Collection Itinéraires, Éditions Flammarion
- Collection Philosophie Présente, Chez Bordas (co-edited with Christian Delacampagne)
- Philosopher. 2014. Éditions Robert Laffont, 2014. Collection Bouquins. ISBN 9782221138496.
- Philosopher: les interrogations contemporaines : matériaux pour un enseignement. Éditions Fayard, 2000. ISBN 9782213606415.
- Special issues in the revue Critique, (Éditions de Minuit)
- Les philosophes italiens par eux-mêmes, N° 452-53, (1985)
- Michel Foucault, du monde entier, N° 471-72, (1986). ISBN 9782707310897.
- Vladimir Jankélévitch, N° 500-01, (1989)
- Giacomo Leopardi, N° 512-13, (1990). ISBN 9782707313249[7]
Television
- Carlo Ginzburg, Réflexions faites, GMT Productions, La Sept/Arte
- Ernst Gombrich, Réflexions faites, GMT Productions, La Sept/Arte (in collaboration with Didier Eribon)
- Philosophy Masterclass for Libération (DVD, Éditions Montparnasse) :
- L’Amour (with André Comte-Sponville, Anne Dufourmantelle, Michel Erman and Nicolas Grimaldi)
- La Famille (with Elisabeth Roudinesco, Luc Ferry, François de Singly and Irène Théry)
- Dieu (with Rémi Brague, Julia Kristeva, Jean-Luc-Marion and Michel Serres).
- La Grande Librairie, « Archipel des passions » : la rencontre philosophique de Charlotte Casiraghi et Robert Maggiori. 23 February 2018. France Televisions: France 5.[8]
Podcasts
- PhiloMonaco podcast: La Maison de la Philosophie/Leçons de Philosophie 2018
- Robert Maggiori // Jankélévitch et l'amour - Uploaded 27 December 2018
- Robert Maggiori // Philosophie Et Sport - Aired 10 May 2019 / uploaded 26 August 2019
Notes
- Preface by Chatelet de François and Maria Antonietta MacCiocchi. 280 pages; Description: 280 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Gramsci, Antonio, 1891-1937. Series: Citoyens, 4. 3 Kg.