Michel Tibon-Cornillot

Michel Tibon-Cornillot (10 February 1936 – 28 March 2020) was a French philosopher and anthropologist.[1] He directed research at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS). He had an interest in the evolution of technology in the field of biology, leading to his authoring of the book Les Corps transfigurés.

Michel Tibon-Cornillot
Born10 February 1936
Paris, France
Died28 March 2020(2020-03-28) (aged 84)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationPhilosopher
Anthropologist

Biography

Tibon-Cornillot earned an agrégation and a doctorate in philosophy. He was highly interested in mathematics, and his discussions with René Thom led him to the philosophical fields of complexity and chaos. He worked at the Pasteur Institute's bacterial molecular genetics labs. He was also a lecturer in technical anthropology at EHESS.[2] His research in the philosophy of science led him to work on issues related to drug addiction.[3]

Tibon-Cornillot was a medical adviser to Minister of Health Bernard Kouchner.

In opposition to GMOs, he supported José Bové during the 2007 French presidential election, with Nicolas Sarkozy as victor.[4]

In 2014, Tibon-Cornillot ran for the European Parliament in the Constituency of Île-de-France.[5]

Publications

Books
  • Les Corps transfigurés : mécanisation du vivant et imaginaire de la biologie (1992)[6]
  • Le Triomphe des bactéries : la Fin des antibiotiques ? (2006)

Articles
  • Multiple contributions to the magazine Nécessaire
  • Contagion médiatique et diffusion épidémique : les mises en scène du corps moderne (1996)
  • M. Tibon-Cornillot : contre le discours éthique abstrait (1998)
  • En route vers la planète radieuse - déferlement des techniques, insolence philosophique (2003)[7]
  • Généalogie coloniale du Dalaï-Lama (2008)[8]
  • Une pétrification foudroyante, le temps d'après la "collision Fukushima" (2012)[9]
  • Déferlement des techniques contemporaines : instabilité, disparition des sociétés industrielles (2013)

References
  1. "Michel Tibon-Cornillot, penseur du " déferlement des techniques ", est mort du Covid-19". Reporterre (in French). 30 March 2020.
  2. "Enseignements de Michel Tibon-Cornillot, maître de conférences à l'EHESS, en 2012-2013" (in French). School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  3. "Tibon-Cornillot Michel". Encyclopédie de L'Agora (in French).
  4. "Représentants FN - UMP boutés hors de l'ENS" (in French). Association Générale des Etudiants de Limoges - Fédération Syndicale Étudiante. 9 April 2007.
  5. "Résultats des élections européennes 2014" (in French). Ministère de L'Interieur. 25 May 2014.
  6. "Les corps transfigurés. Mécanisation du vivant et imaginaire de la biologie" (in French). Éditions MF. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  7. "En route vers la planète radieuse - déferlement des techniques, insolence philosophique". Cairn.info (in French). March 2003.
  8. "Le Tibet, la flamme, la Chine et notre système". Dedefensa.org (in French). 24 May 2008.
  9. "Une pétrification foudroyante : le temps d'après la collision Fukushima". Fukushima 福島第一 (in French). 17 June 2012.
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