1949 in philosophy
Events
Publications Karl Jaspers, The Origin and Goal of History (1949); Note: Jaspers coined the term Axial Age. Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac (1949) Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind (1949) Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949) Jean Fourastié, Le Grand Espoir du XXe siècle (1949, no English translation available?) Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949)
Philosophical fiction George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
Births January 1 - Ljubodrag Simonović, Serbian philosopher, author and basketball player January 2 - Iris Marion Young (died 2006) January 11 - Jean-Paul Enthoven, French philosopher and publisherWho's Who in France, 2008 edition, . March 21 - Slavoj Žižek, Slovenian cultural theorist April 13 - Christopher Hitchens, British-American journalist (died 2011) June 30 - Alain Finkielkraut July 18 - Axel Honneth
Deaths November 23 - Gustav Radbruch (born 1878)
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