Luc Ferry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Luc Ferry

French politician and philosopher

Date of Birth: 03-Jan-1951

Place of Birth: Colombes, ÃŽle-de-France, France

Profession: politician, political scientist, philosopher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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About Luc Ferry

  • Luc Ferry (French: [f??i]; born January 1, 1951) is a French philosopher and politician, and a proponent of secular humanism.
  • He is a former member of the Saint-Simon Foundation think-tank. He received an Agrégation de philosophie (1975), a Doctorat d'Etat en science politique (1981), and an Agrégation de science politique (1982). As a professor of political science and political philosophy, Luc Ferry taught at the Institut d'études politiques de Lyon (1982–1988)—during which time he also taught and directed graduate research at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University—, then at Caen University (1989–96).
  • He finally was a professor at Paris Diderot University from 1996 until he resigned in 2011 when asked to actually teach there. From 2002 and until 2004 he served as the Minister of Education on the cabinet led by the conservative Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin.
  • During his tenure, he was the minister in charge of the implementation of the French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools.
  • He received the award of Docteur honoris causa from the Université de Sherbrooke (Canada).
  • He is the 2013 Telesio Galilei Academy of science Laureate for Philosophy. He was created Chevalier De La Dive Bouteille De Gaillac on the 20 March 2012 together with Max Karoubi and Francesco Fucilla. He is the creator of the comic book series La Sagesse des mythes which is based on Greek mythology and is published since 2016.Despite repeated efforts, Luc Ferry was rejected for the third time by the Académie française, in January 2019.

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