THE BLACK CIRCLE

Alexandre Kojève (19021968) was an important and provocative thinker. Born in Russia, he spent most of his life in France. His inte rpretation of Hegel and his notorious declaration that history had come to an end exerted great influence on French thinkers and wri ters such as Raymond Aron, Georges Bataille, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jacques Lacan, and Raymond Queneau. An unorthodox Marxist, he wa s a critic of Martin Heidegger and interlocutor of Leo Strauss who played a significant role in establishing the European Economic C ommunity/...[Read more]