Kant forms the centrepiece of Alexandre Kojeve's intriguing discovery of objective reality and its repressed history in Western philosophy
ALEXANDRE KOJ¿VE (1902-1968) was one of the major philosophers of the twentieth century. His famous lectures on Hegel and his provocative end-of-history thesis left an indelible mark on contemporary thought. By the end of the Second World War, he abandoned academic philosophy to embark on a diplomatic career. While occupying an influential position in French foreign trade diplomacy, Koj¿ve worked on a series of manuscripts which largely remained unpublished until well after his death. Initially dismissed as post-historical irony and play, Koj¿ve's post-war philosophical writings should open new perspectives on how we became post-historical and where we go from here.
