Yves Michaud (born 11 July 1944) is a

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philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

. As a student, he studied philosophy and science at

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and the Sorbonne in Paris. His early research involved the study of political violence and

empiricism In philosophy, empiricism is an epistemological view which holds that true knowledge or justification comes only or primarily from sensory experience and empirical evidence. It is one of several competing views within epistemology, along ...

, especially the works of

John Locke John Locke (; 29 August 1632 (Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.) – 28 October 1704 (Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.)) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thi ...

and

David Hume David Hume (; born David Home; – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist who was best known for his highly influential system of empiricism, philosophical scepticism and metaphysical naturalism. Beg ...

. He was Director of the

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from 1989 to 1997. In 2000, Michaud partnered with

Jean-Jacques Aillagon Jean-Jacques Aillagon (; born 2 October 1946, Metz) is a French museum director and politician. Aillagon was a close confidant of Jacques Chirac, as well as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) political party. He became Minist ...

to establish the ''Université de tous les savoirs (University of all knowledge)'', a French government initiative to disseminate information on new scientific advances. Michaud has published widely on the relationships of the arts and culture in a globalized, technological world. In 2007 ''

Le Figaro () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It was named after Figaro, a character in several plays by polymath Pierre Beaumarchais, Beaumarchais (1732–1799): ''Le Barbier de Séville'', ''The Guilty Mother, La Mère coupable'', ...

'' published his article entitled "Ce nouveau fondamentalisme moral qui menace la société française".Ce nouveau fondamentalisme moral qui menace la société française
lefigaro.fr. Retrieved 20 November 2010

Works by Michaud

* ''Violence et politique'', 1978 * ''Hume et la fin de la philosophie'', 1983 * ''La Violence'', PUF, coll. « Que sais-je ? », 1986 * ''Locke'', 1986; réimpr. 1998 * ''Enseigner l'art ? : analyses et réflexions sur les écoles d'art'', Nîmes, 1993 * ''La Crise de l'art contemporain'', 1997 * ''Changements dans la violence : essai sur la bienveillance et sur la peur'', 2002 * ''Précis de recomposition politique : des incivismes à la française et de quelques manières d'y remédier'', Paris, Climats, 2002, réimpr. 2006 * '' L'Art à l'état gazeux : essai sur le triomphe de l'esthétique'', 2003 * ''Université de tous les savoirs : le renouvellement de l'observation dans les sciences'', 2004 * ''Chirac dans le texte, la parole et l'impuissance'', 2004 * ''Humain, inhumain, trop humain : réflexions philosophiques sur les biotechnologies, la vie et la conservation de soi à partir de l'œuvre de Peter Sloterdijk'', Paris, Climats, 2006 * ''L'artiste et les commissaires : quatre essais non pas sur l'art contemporain mais sur ceux qui s'en occupent'', Paris, Hachette, 2007 * ''Qu'est-ce que le mérite ?'', Bourin éditeur, 2009 * ''Ibiza mon amour; enquête sur l'industrialisation du plaisir'', NiL editions, 2012 * '' Narcisse et ses avatars'', Broché, 2014

Prizes and decorations

Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The Order of Arts and Letters () is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is the recognition of significant ...

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1944 births Living people École Normale Supérieure alumni Academic staff of the University of Paris French historians of philosophy 20th-century French philosophers 21st-century French philosophers 21st-century French writers Knights of the Legion of Honour Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres French male non-fiction writers {{France-academic-bio-stub

Works by Michaud

Prizes and decorations

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