1949 in philosophy

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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)^[1]

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 publisher^[2]
March 21 - Slavoj Žižek, Slovenian cultural theorist^[3]
April 13 - Christopher Hitchens, British-American journalist (died 2011)^[4]
June 30 - Alain Finkielkraut
July 18 - Axel Honneth

Deaths

November 23 - Gustav Radbruch (born 1878)

References

↑ Lynskey, Dorian (2019). The ministry of truth: the biography of George Orwell's 1984. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-54405-4.
↑ Who's Who in France , 2008 edition, p. 838.
↑ "Slavoj Žižek". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
↑ "Christopher Hitchens". Britannica. 2025-10-31. Retrieved 2025-11-03.

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[1] Lynskey, Dorian (2019). The ministry of truth: the biography of George Orwell's 1984. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-54405-4.

[WSW-2] Who's Who in France , 2008 edition, p. 838.

[3] "Slavoj Žižek". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.

[4] "Christopher Hitchens". Britannica. 2025-10-31. Retrieved 2025-11-03.

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