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Emmanuel Terray

1935 – 2024

French anthropologist

Anthropologist Political activist Directeur de recherche
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Lived 1935 – 2024 (aged 88–89). Emmanuel Terray was a French anthropologist, political activist and directeur de recherche.

Emmanuel Terray (1935 – 26 March 2024) was a French anthropologist and political activist. He died on 26 March 2024, at the age of 89.

Publications L'Organisation sociale des Dida de Côte d'Ivoire. Essai sur un village dida de la région de Lakota, Abidjan, Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan, tome 1, 1969. Le Marxisme devant les sociétés « primitives ». Deux études, Paris, Éditions Maspero, 1969 (coll. « Théorie »). (ed. with Jean Bazin), Guerres de lignages et guerres d'États en Afrique, Paris, Éditions des Archives contemporaines, 1982. Lettres à la fugitive, Paris, Éditions Odile Jacob, 1988. La Politique dans la caverne, Paris, Le Seuil, 1990. Le Troisième jour du communisme, Arles, Actes Sud, 1992. Une histoire du royaume Abron du Gyaman, des origines à la conquête coloniale, Paris, Éditions Karthala, 1995. Une passion allemande. Luther, Kant, Schiller, Hölderlin, Kleist, Paris, Le Seuil, 1994. Ombres berlinoises. Voyage à travers une autre Allemagne, Paris, Odile Jacob, 1996. Clausewitz, Paris, Fayard, 1999. (ed. with Jean-Luc Jamard and Margarita Xanthakou), En substances. Textes pour Françoise Héritier, Paris, Fayard, 2000. Traversées. Livres, actions, voyages, Brussels, Labor, 2005 - Un livre d'entretiens avec un cadet, l'anthropologue Jean-Paul Colleyn. Face aux abus de mémoire, Arles, Actes Sud, 2006. Immigration : fantasmes et réalités, with Claire Rodier, Paris, Éd. La Découverte, 2008 (coll. « Sur le vif »). Combats avec Méduse, Paris, Éditions Galilée, 2011. Penser à droite, Paris, Éditions Galilée, 2012

Chapters Le Grand Atlas des Religions (Encyclopaedia Universalis 1990), chapter "Organisation, règles et Pouvoirs", article about "Black Africa", pp. 248–249

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Born
1935, Toulouse, 16th arrondissement of Paris
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Education
École Normale Supérieure
Employers
School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris 8 University

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Who was Emmanuel Terray?

French anthropologist (1935-2024)

When was Emmanuel Terray born?

Emmanuel Terray was born in 1935 in Toulouse, 16th arrondissement of Paris.

When did Emmanuel Terray die?

Emmanuel Terray died on 25 March 2024 in Chatou.

What was Emmanuel Terray's occupation?

Emmanuel Terray was an anthropologist, political activist and directeur de recherche.

What nationality was Emmanuel Terray?

Emmanuel Terray was French.

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· Wikidata: Q3052876

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