Dominique Schnapper
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Dominique Schnapper was a member of the Constitutional Council of France
from 2001 to 2010. She is also a scholar and professor of sociology
. She has been named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, and an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
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She is the daughter of the French intellectual Raymond Aron
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Constitutional Council of France
The Constitutional Council is the highest constitutional authority in France. It was established by the Constitution of the Fifth Republic on 4 October 1958, and its duty is to ensure that the principles and rules of the constitution are upheld.Its main activity is to rule on whether proposed...
from 2001 to 2010. She is also a scholar and professor of sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
. She has been named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, and an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
The Ordre des Arts et des Lettres is an Order of France, established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture, and confirmed as part of the Ordre national du Mérite by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963...
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She is the daughter of the French intellectual Raymond Aron
Raymond Aron
Raymond-Claude-Ferdinand Aron was a French philosopher, sociologist, journalist and political scientist.He is best known for his 1955 book The Opium of the Intellectuals, the title of which inverts Karl Marx's claim that religion was the opium of the people -- in contrast, Aron argued that in...
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