Jean-Marc Piotte
Piotte in 2013
Born(1940-10-04)4 October 1940
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died11 February 2022(2022-02-11) (aged 81)
NationalityCanadian
EducationUniversité de Montréal
Occupation(s)Philosopher
Professor

Jean-Marc Piotte (4 October 1940 – 11 February 2022) was a Canadian philosopher, sociologist, political scientist, and academic.[1]

Biography

After his studies in philosophy at the Université de Montréal, Piotte earned a doctorate in sociology from the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences with a thesis on the political thought of Antonio Gramsci.[2] He was a member of the founding committee of the journal Parti pris [fr].[3] He then became director of the political science department at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), President of the Syndicat des enseignants de l'Université du Québec à Montréal, and vice-president of the National Federation of Teachers of Quebec [fr].[4]

Piotte was a secondary school French teacher and a philosophy professor at CEGEP in addition to his career at UQAM. From 2003 to 2006, he gave a political science seminar at Saint Joseph University in Beirut. He was the author of several books ethical and political philosophy, Marxism, syndicalism, and modernity.

He died from a heart attack on 11 February 2022, at the age of 81.[5]

Books

References

  1. ^ Piotte, Jean-Marc (1940-....) (in French). ((cite book)): |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ "Jean-Marc Piotte". Québec Amérique (in French). Archived from the original on 27 March 2014.
  3. ^ Cornellier, Louis (12 October 2013). "Ce que croit Jean-Marc Piotte". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Jean-Marc Piotte". vlb éditeur (in French).
  5. ^ Montpetit, Caroline (12 February 2022). "Le politologue Jean-Marc Piotte est décédé". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 15 February 2022.
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