Edgar Morin: The Last Great Thinker of Complexity

With the death of Edgar Morin, France loses not only a philosopher, sociologist, and intellectual of global stature. It loses one of the last representatives of that generation of thinkers who not only observed the 20th century but lived through, suffered, and reflected on it. Morin, who died at the age of 104 in Paris, leaves behind a body of work that extends far beyond academic boundaries. In a time of increasing specialization and ideological polarization, he persistently reminded us that reality is rarely simple and almost never one-dimensional. Born ...