Jean-Pierre Faye

Jean-Pierre Faye (born July 19, 1925, in Paris) is a French philosopher, writer, and poet known for his influential essays on totalitarian languages such as Langages Totalitaires (1972) and Théorie du récit, as well as his Prix Renaudot-winning novel L'Écluse (1964). He founded the literary review Change, co-authored the "Blue Report" leading to the Collège international de philosophie, and originated the horseshoe theory of political ideology. French