André Tosel

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André Tosel
Born15 June 1941
Nice, France
Died14 March 2017(2017-03-14) (aged 75)
Nice, France
Alma materÉcole Normale Supérieure
Occupation(s)Philosopher, academic administrator
EmployerUniversity of Nice Sophia Antipolis
Political partyFrench Communist Party (1972–1984)

André Tosel (15 June 1941 – 14 March 2017) was a French Marxist philosopher and academic administrator. He was the author of several books about Marxism and Marxist theorists.[1]

Tosel taught Philosophy at the University of Franche-Comté and Pantheon-Sorbonne University until he became a full professor of Philosophy at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis. He served as its vice president from 1992 to 1998, and as the director of its Center for the History of Ideas from 1998 to 2003.

Tosel died in Nice, France on 14 March 2017 at the age of 75.[2]

References[change | change source]

  1. Le Hyaric, Patrick (March 14, 2017). "Disparition d'André Tosel : La pensée progressiste est en deuil". L'Humanité. Archived from the original on March 14, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  2. Barbancey, Pierre; Chaillan, Pierre (March 15, 2017). "Disparition. André Tosel, ou l'action avec Marx, Spinoza et Gramsci". L'Humanité. Retrieved March 15, 2017.