The University in the Face of a Pharmacology of the Mind

Bernard Stiegler, cultural development department director at the Centre Georges-Pompidou, is a philosopher and a doctor of École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS). He was a program director at the Collège international de philosophie, a professor at the Université de Compiègne (UTC), a vice director at the Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA), and a director at the Institut de recherché et de coordination acoustique/musique (IRCAM). His works include: La techique et le temps (Galilée, 1994-), De la Misère symbolique (Galilée, 2004-2005), Mécréance et discrédit (Galilée, 2004-), Aimer, s’aimer, nous aimer (Galilée, 2003), Constituer l’Europe (Galilée, 2005), Passer à l’acte (Galilée, 2003), Philosopher par accident (Galilée, 2004), and L’Échographie de la télévision (with Jacques Derrida, Galilée, 1996). He is also a co-founder of Ars Industrialis, an international association for the promotion of an industrial politics of spirit.