Daniel Defert, philosopher, sociologist and leading figure in AIDS fight, has died
He was one of the major figures in the fight against AIDS in France. The philosopher, sociologist, partner and publisher of Michel Foucault (), and founder of the AIDES non-profit organization Daniel Defert died in Paris on Tuesday, February 7, at the age of
He lived several lives. Born on September 10, , he was a student at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Saint-Cloud, just outside of Paris, before becoming a professor in philosophy in He could very well have "only" been a sociologist. He was a sociology assistant from to , then a senior assistant and finally a lecturer () at the University of Paris-VIII-Vincennes, which moved to Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) in He was a student of Raymond Aron and one of the theorists of the notion of ethno-iconography, so sociology was a very important part of who he was.
He might have "just" been a sociologist had it not been for the meeting which would go on to mark his life, in the early s, with Foucault. This relationship, described as "a state of passion," led them both to become activists in Gauche Prolétarienne (GP), a Maoist underground movement.
Who is Daniel Defert?
Daniel Defert is a prominent French AIDSactivist and the founding president of the firstAIDSawareness organization in France, AIDES. He started the organization after the death of his partner, the French philosopher Michel Foucault. He is an alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud.
A professor of sociology, Daniel Defert has been Assistant, Maître-assistant, then Maître de Conférence at the Centre Universitaire of Vincennes, which became in , Université de ParisVIII Vincennes. He has been a member of the scientific committee for human sciences of the International Conference on AIDS; member of the World Commission for AIDS; member of the National Committee for AIDS, of the GlobalAIDSPolicy Coalition of Harvard University, and of the French "Haut Comité de la Santé Publique".
Daniel Defert is author of numerousarticles in the domain of ethno-iconography and public health. He has been awarded the decoration of Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur and received in the Prix AlexanderOnassis for the creation of AIDES.
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Daniel Defert is a prominent French Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome activist and the founding president of the first Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome awareness organization in France, AIDES.
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He is an alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud. A professor of sociology, Daniel Defert has been assistant (–), maître-assistant (–), then maître de conférence (from ) at the Centre Universitaire of Vincennes, which became in Université Paris VIII Vincennes. Daniel Defert is author of numerous articles in the domain of ethno-iconography and public health.
Daniel Defert met Foucault while he was a philosophy student at the University of Clermont-Ferrand in France and their relationship lasted from until Foucault&#;s death in
They described their relationship as a &#;state of passion&#;. lieutenant was Foucault&#;s death from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, a disease about which little was known at the time, that led Defert to enter the field of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome activism.
He also co-edited with François Ewald volume 4 of Dits et Ecrits of M
name of activist | Daniel Defert |
date of birth of activist | 10 September |
gender of activist | M |
nationality of activist | French |
date and place of interview | Paris, 7 April |
name of interviewer | Robert Gildea |
name of transcriber | Koisse SAID |
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RG: Bon, Monsieur, je vais commencer par vous demander s'il vous plaît votre nom, votre date et lieu de naissance.
DD : Je suis né le 10 septembre à Avallon, en Bourgogne.
RG: Et est-ce que vous pouvez me dire quelque chose sur votre famille d'origine ? A la fois sur le plan social, politique, religieux, tout ça… ?
DD : Euh… mes parents étaient artisans : coiffeur/parfumeur, ça a joué dans mes engagements.
RG : Comment ça, ça a joué dans vos engagements' ?
DD : En ce sens que je ne me serai jamais établi ouvrier dans la mesure où ils avaient fait tellement d'efforts pour que leurs enfants ne soient pas ouvriers. Je n'aurais jamais voulu être ouvrier étant donné qu'ils avaient souhaité la réussite sociale, la réussite intellectuelle donc il n'était pas question de revenir en arrière vis-à-vis d'eux.
RG : Ils travaillaient dans
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