Jean-François Revel
Jean-François Revel | |
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Revel in 1999 | |
| Born | Jean-François Ricard 19 January 1924 Marseille, France |
| Died | 30 April 2006 (aged 82) Kremlin-Bicêtre, France |
| Language | French |
| Education | Lycée du Parc École normale supérieure |
| Spouse | Claude Sarraute Yahne le Toumelin |
| Children | Matthieu Ricard Nicolas Revel |
Jean-François Revel (born Jean-François Ricard; 19 January 1924 – 30 April 2006) was a French philosopher, journalist, and author. A prominent public intellectual, Revel was a socialist in his youth but later became a prominent European proponent of classical liberalism and free market economics. He was a member of the Académie française after June 1998. He is best known for his book Without Marx or Jesus: The New American Revolution Has Begun, published in French in 1970.