Camille Riquier was born on 7 May 1974. He is a French philosopher and professor at the Catholic University of Paris (in French, Institut Catholique de Paris (ICP). He is also a jury member for Les Rencontres Philosophiques de Monaco. In 2010, he won the Prix La Bruyère, awarded by the Academie Française for his work, Archéologie de Bergson.
Background Riquier achieved agregation in philosophy in 2000. He completed his doctoral thesis, Temps et méthode chez Bergson, in 2007 at Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris 4), under the direction of Jean-Luc Marion. He then became a professor at the Catholic University of Paris. He completed a habilitation to direct research at Panthéon-Sorbonne University (Paris 1) in 2018.
Career He is a member of the editorial team at Espirit, a French literary magazine. He is also a member of the editorial committee for the revue Alter and for Philosophie magazine.
In 2010, he awarded the Prix La Bruyère by the French Academy for his work, Archéologie de Bergson.
In 2019, he wrote the obituary for Jean-Louis Chrétien for Libération magazine.
He is a specialist on the works of Henri Bergson and also writes about Péguy and Sartre. He is coeditor of Annales bergsoniennes. His work in philosophy emphasizes the idea, the methods, and the meaning of belief.
In 2020, he published Nous ne savons plus croire, revised with a new postface in 2023.
He is also on the jury for the annual prizes presented by Les Rencontres Philosophiques de Monaco ("Philomonaco") for philosophical contributions in writing and publishing.
Publications Preface, Matière et mémoire (PUF, 2012) by Henri Bergson, Philosophie de Péguy, ou, les mémoires d'un imbécile, PUF: 2017, 552p, . Nous ne savons plus croire, Éditions Desclée de Brouwer: 2020, 244p, . Revision: PUF, collection « Quadrige », format Kindle, 2023, 217p. Archéologie de Bergson : Temps et métaphysique, PUF: 2021, 564p. . Métamorphoses de Descartes: Le secret de Sartre, Gallimard: 2022, 336p. . Est-ce que tu sais ou est-ce que tu crois?, Gallimard jeune (collection Philophile, directed by Claire Marin), 2022, 48p. Drawings by Quentin Duckit. .
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External links Camille Riquier on Radio France