Alexandre Kojève
an intellectual biography
$31.19
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
2 February 2026
Summary
Alexandre Kojève: The Stalinist at the End of History
In this intellectual biography, critic and philosopher Boris Groys delves into the enigmatic life of Alexandre Kojève, a philosopher of profound influence despite his little-known writings.
Kojève, fascinated by Hegel’s dialectics and communism, envisioned a universal empire as the endpoint of history. Drawing on Buddhism and proclaiming himself a Stalinist, he was also a key figure in the early development of the Europea…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804296820 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1804296821 |
| Author: | Boris Groys |
| Publisher: | Verso Books |
| Imprint: | Verso Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 2 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 169g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm |
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Kojève’s lectures made a deep impression on his listeners - to more various and influential effect than probably any others in France this century – Perry AndersonKojève’s originality and courage, it must be said, is to have perceived the impossibility of going any further, the necessity, consequently, of renouncing the creation of an original philosophy and, thereby, the interminable starting-over which is the avowal of the vanity of thought – Georges BatailleKojève had a major impact on the intellectual life of the continent. Among his students ranged such future luminaries as Jean-Paul Sartre and Raymond Aron – Francis Fukuyama
About The Author
Boris Groys
Boris Groys lives and works in Berlin. He has taught as Professor at the universities in Germany (ZKM), USA (NYU), UK (Courtauld) and some others. He has curated many exhibitions including an exhibition of Kojève’s photography (shown in BAK (Utrecht), Palais Tokyo (Paris), Gwangju Biennial (South Korea), OKAT (Shenzhen, China).
His previous books include: Art Power, 2008; An Introduction to Antiphilosophy, 2012; On the New, 2014
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