name: Maurice Blanchot
birth_date: 1907-09-22 00:00:00
death_date: 2003-02-20 00:00:00
genres: Literature & Fiction, Philosophy, Nonfiction
influences: Friderich Nietz, Sade, Emmanuel Levinas,  Lautréamont, Jean Paulhan, Martin Heidegger, Georges Bataille, Friderich Nietzsche, Stéphane Mallarmé, Kafka, Friedrich Hölderlin
avg_rating: 3.93
ratings_count: 13039
about: Maurice Blanchot (September 22, 1907 – February 20, 2003) was a French pre-war leader of the Young Right, philosopher, literary theorist and writer of fiction. Blanchot was a distinctly modern writer who broke down generic boundaries, particularly between literature and philosophy. He began his career on the political right, but the experience of fascism altered his thinking to the point that he supported the student protests of May 1968. Like so many members of his generation, Blanchot was influenced by Alexandre Kojeve's humanistic interpretation of Hegel and the rise of modern existentialism influenced by Heidegger and Sartre. His Literature and the Right to Death shows the influence that Heidegger had on a whole generation of French int Maurice Blanchot (September 22, 1907 – February 20, 2003) was a French pre-war leader of the Young Right, philosopher, literary theorist and writer of fiction. Blanchot was a distinctly modern writer who broke down generic boundaries, particularly between literature and philosophy. He began his career on the political right, but the experience of fascism altered his thinking to the point that he supported the student protests of May 1968. Like so many members of his generation, Blanchot was influenced by Alexandre Kojeve's humanistic interpretation of Hegel and the rise of modern existentialism influenced by Heidegger and Sartre. His Literature and the Right to Death shows the influence that Heidegger had on a whole generation of French intellectuals. ...more