Lucien Goldmann

Lucien Goldmann
Goldmann and Venezuelan translator and essayist Julieta Fombona, 1964.
Born(1913-07-20)20 July 1913
Died8 October 1970(1970-10-08) (aged 57)
Paris, France
Education
EducationUniversity of Bucharest
(LL.B.)
University of Vienna
University of Paris
University of Zurich
(PhD, 1945)
ThesisMensch, Gemeinschaft und Welt in der Philosophie Immanuel Kants. Studien zur Geschichte der Dialektik (1945)
Doctoral advisorKarl Dürr
Philosophical work
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
Western Marxism
Genetic epistemology
InstitutionsEHESS
Doctoral studentsMichael Löwy
Main interestsEpistemology, sociology
Notable ideasGenetic structuralism

Lucien Goldmann (French: [ɡɔldman]; 20 July 1913 – 8 October 1970) was a French philosopher and sociologist of Jewish-Romanian origin. A professor at the EHESS in Paris, he was a Marxist theorist. His wife was sociologist Annie Goldmann.