François Dosse
is an intellectual historian and professor at the IUFM Créteil; the Institut d’études politiques de Paris; and the Centre d’histoire culturelle des sociétés contemporaines de l’université Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. He is author of numerous books including a two-volume history of structuralism.
Eurozine Articles
Historicizing the traces of memory
François Dosse warns of the dangers of exaggerated commemorative events, contrasting them with the patient "work of memory". The ideas of Paul Ricoeur serve as a reminder of the historian's duties in the wider context of practical human activity. [more]





