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| birth_date       = {{Birth date|df=y|1937|06|19}}
| birth_place      = [[Boulogne-Billancourt]], [[France]]
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|df=y|2015|11|10|1937|06|19}}
| death_place      = [[Paris]], France
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'''André Glucksmann''' ({{IPA-fr|ɡlyksman|lang}}; 19 June 1937 – 10 November 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34774533|title=French philosopher Andre Glucksmann dies at 78|publisher=[[BBC News]].com|access-date=11 November 2015}}</ref> was a [[French people|French]] philosopher, activist and writer. He was a member of the French [[new philosophers]].

==Early life==
Glucksmann was born in [[Boulogne-Billancourt]], [[France]] to a [[Jew]]ish family.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/french-jewish-philosopher-andre-glucksmann-dies-at-78/|title=French Jewish philosophers Andre Glucksmann dies at 78|publisher=Times of Israel.com|access-date=11 November 2015}}</ref> He studied at the [[École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud]] in [[Lyon]], France.

==Career==
Glucksmann became well-known during the 1970s for his support of the [[Vietnamese boat people]]. He was an outspoken critic of [[Nazism]] and [[communism]].

Later in life, he was known for his views and beliefs of the [[September 11 attacks]]. He wrote a book about how [[god]] had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks called ''[[Dostoyevsky]] in [[Manhattan]]''. Glucksmann supported military action in [[Afghanistan]] and [[Iraq]]. He was highly critical of Russian foreign policy, supporting a call for [[Chechen]] independence.

In August 2008 he co-signed an open letter with [[Václav Havel]], [[Desmond Tutu]], and [[Wei Jingsheng]] calling upon the Chinese authorities to respect [[human right]]s both during and after the [[Beijing Olympic Games]].

==Death==
Glucksmann died of [[cancer]] on 10 November 2015 in [[Paris]], France, aged 78.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/10/french-philosopher-andre-glucksmann-dies-at-78|title=French philosopher André Glucksmann dies at 78|publisher=The Guardian.com|access-date=11 November 2015}}</ref>

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