1949 in philosophy
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1949 in philosophy
Publications
- Karl Jaspers, The Origin and Goal of History (1949); Note: Jaspers coined the term Axial Age.
- Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac (1949)
- Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind (1949)
- Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949)
- Jean Fourastié, Le Grand Espoir du XXe siècle (1949, no English translation available?)
- Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949)
Philosophical fiction
- George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
Births
- Iris Marion Young (January 2)
- Slavoj Žižek (March 21)
- Christopher Hitchens (April 13)
- Alain Finkielkraut (June 30)
- Axel Honneth (July 18)
Deaths
- Gustav Radbruch (November 23)