Rémi Brague is a French professor of Arabic and religious philosophy at the Sorbonne

Sorbonne

The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...

 and at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

Biography

Rémi Brague has been honored by both the French National Centre for Scientific Research and the Academy of Moral and Political Science. He is the author of numerous books on classical and medieval culture, religion, national identity, literature and law. He is best known for his books Eccentric Culture: A Theory of Western Civilization and Law of God: The Philosophical History of an Idea.

Works

• The Legend of the Middle Ages: Philosophical Explorations of Medieval Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, 2009 ISBN 9780226070803
• Eccentric Culture: A Theory of Western Civilization, 2009
• Law of God: The Philosophical History of an Idea, 2008 ISBN 9780226070797
• The Wisdom of the World: The Human Experience of the Universe in Western Thought, 2004 ISBN 9780226070773

External links

• An interview with Rémi Brague
• An extensive interview with Brague about his book The Legend of the Middle Ages