Luc Ferry
French philosopher and former minister
Luc Ferry is a French philosopher and author who served as his country's Minister of National Education from 2002 to 2004.
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French Born 1951 in Colombes, France
About Luc Ferry
Luc Ferry was born in Colombes, France, in 1951. He is a French philosopher and public intellectual who supports secular humanism. He holds qualifications in philosophy and political science, and taught political philosophy at institutions including the Institut d'études politiques de Lyon and Caen University. Ferry was Minister of National Education under President Jacques Chirac, and in that role he oversaw the rollout of the law on secularity and religious symbols in schools. He has also written On Love: A Philosophy for the Twenty-First Century and The New Ecological Order. Our catalog features A Brief History of Thought.