Alain Besançon
Alain Besançon (25 April 1932 – 9 July 2023) was a French historian. He specialised in intellectual history and Russian politics. From 1965 to 1992 he was director of studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris.: 98 He was elected to the Académie des sciences morales et politiques of the Institut de France in 1996.
Alain Besançon | |
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| Born | 25 April 1932 Paris, France |
| Died | 9 July 2023 (aged 91) |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Awards | Member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques, 1996 |
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| Discipline | History |
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| Institutions | École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris |
His book L'Image interdite, une histoire intellectuelle de l'iconoclasme (1994) was translated into English as The Forbidden Image: An Intellectual History of Iconoclasm in 2000 and published by the University of Chicago Press.
Besançon died on 9 July 2023, at the age of 91.
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