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Alain Roger

Died
October 7, 2025
Age
88 years

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Alain Roger, 88, French philosopher and writer.

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Alain Roger (French: [alɛ̃ ʁɔʒe]; 6 November 1936 – 7 October 2025) was a French philosopher and writer.

Life and career

Roger studied under Gilles Deleuze at the École normale supérieure before becoming a professor at Blaise Pascal University. He was most well-known for declaring that "every landscape is a product of art".

Roger died on 7 October 2025, at the age of 88.

Publications

Studies

  • Nus et paysages. Essai sur la fonction de l'art (1978)
  • Maîtres et protecteurs de la nature (1991)
  • La théorie du paysage en France, 1974-1994 (1995)
  • Court traité du paysage (1997)

Essays

  • Le roman contemporain (1973)
  • Proust. Les Plaisirs et les Noms (1981)
  • Hérésies du Désir. Freud, Dracula, Dali (1986)
  • L’Art d’aimer, ou la fascination de la féminité (1995)
  • Art et anticipation (1995)
  • Le vocabulaire de Schopenhauer (1999)
  • La vie en vert (2004)
  • Bréviaire de la bêtise (2008)
  • Par delà le vrai et le faux (2016)

Novels

  • Jérusalem ! Jérusalem ! (1969)
  • Le Misogyne (1976)
  • Hermaphrodite (1977)
  • Le Voyeur ivre (1981)
  • La Travestie (1987)
  • Rémission (1990)

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