Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. (mult.) Rémi Brague

Professor Emeritus

Romano Guardini Chair of Christian Worldview, Religious and Cultural Theory

Personal information

Born 1947 in Paris. From 1967 student at the École Normale Supérieure (Ulm). Agrégation de philosophie in 1971. Received PhD in 1976. Habilitation in 1986. 1972-1976 secondary school teacher. 1976-1988 Director of Research at CNRS. 1986-1987 Humboldt Foundation scholar in Cologne. 1989-1990 Professor at the University of Dijon. 1990-2010 Professor at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. 2002-2012 Professor at LMU (Guardini Chair).

Visiting Professor at Penn State, Boston University, Boston College, Universidad de Navarra (Pamplona), Università San Rafaele (Milan), Trinity College (Dublin).

Selected publications

  1. Sur l’islam, Paris, 2023.
  2. Zum christlichen Menschenbild, Wiesbaden, 2021.
  3. Curing Mad Truths. Medieval Wisdom for the Modern Age, South Bend, 2019.
  4. Anker im Himmel. Metaphysik als Fundament der Anthropologie, trans. H. Kleber, Wiesbaden, 2018.
  5. Le Règne de l’homme. Naissance et échec du projet moderne, Paris, 2015.
  6. Europa, seine Kultur, seine Barbarei. Exzentrische Identität und römische Sekundarität, trans. G. Ghirardelli, Wiesbaden, 2012.
  7. Au moyen du Moyen Age. Philosophies médiévales en chrétienté, judaïsme et islam, Chatou, 2006.
  8. Die Weisheit der Welt. Kosmos und Welterfahrung im westlichen Denken, trans. G. Ghirardelli, München, 2006.
  9. La Loi de Dieu. Histoire philosophique d’une alliance, Paris, 2005.