Bernard Stiegler

Bernard Stiegler, who died in 2020, is a philosopher whose biography is almost more arresting than his theory, and that's saying something. He spent years in prison for armed robbery and discovered philosophy inside, which is not the usual route to founding the Institut de recherche et d'innovation at the Pompidou Centre. His lifelong subject, how technology shapes what it means to be human, reads as urgently now as ever. Even when his books get dense, the trajectory from a cell to serious thinker pulls me in. A man who became a thinker behind bars sounds like fiction.

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Name (English)

Bernard Stiegler

Name (Japanese)

ベルナール・スティグレール

Reading

べるなーる・すてぃぐれーる

Born

April 1, 1952 – August 5, 2020

Origin

Villebon-sur-Yvette, Seine-et-Oise, France

Occupation

philosopher

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Dragon

University

University Toulouse - Jean Jaurès

Awards & achievements

• 2016 Officer of Arts and Letters

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://arsindustrialis.org/les-pages-de-bernard-stiegler
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%20Stiegler
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q822727

Tags

• Seine-et-Oise
• philosopher

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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