Luc Ferry author biography, plus links to books by Luc Ferry.

Luc Ferry

Luc Ferry, born January 1, 1951 in Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine (France) is a philosopher and a notable proponent of Secular Humanism. He is a former member of the Saint-Simon Foundation think-tank. He received an Agrégation de philosophie (1975), a Doctorat d'Etat en science politique (1981), and an Agrégation de science politique (1982). As a Professor of political science and political philosophy, Luc Ferry taught at the Institut d'études politiques de Lyon (1982–1988) - during which time he also taught and directed graduate research at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University - and at Caen University (1989–96) and Paris Diderot University (since 1996). From 2002 until 2004 he served as the Minister of Education on the cabinet led by the conservative Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin. During his tenure, he was the minister in charge of the implementation of the French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools. He received the award of Docteur honoris causa from the Université de Sherbrooke (Canada).

This biography was last updated on 12/27/2011.

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