1949 in philosophy

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)

References