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'''Κostas Axelos''' ([[June 26]], [[1924]] - [[February 4]], [[2010]]) - sometimes spelled Kostas Axelos - was a [[Greeks|Greek]] Philosopher. He was born in [[Athens]] to a middle-class family and attended high school at the ''French Institute''<ref name="rp">{{cite web|last+Elden|first=Stuart|title =INTERVIEW: Kostas Axelos; Mondialisation without the world |publisher=Radical Philosophy |url =http://www.radicalphilosophy.com/pdf/mondialisation.pdf | date =2005 | accessdate =2010-02-02}}</ref> and the ''German School'' of [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. He enrolled in the Law School in order to pursue studies in law and economics. With the onset of [[World War II]] he got involved in politics; during the German and Italian occupation he participated in the [[Greek Resistance]], and later in the [[Greek Civil War]], as an organiser and journalist affiliated with the [[Communist Party of Greece|Communist Party]] ([[1941]]-[[1945]]). He was later expelled from the Communist Party and condemned to death by the right-wing government. He was arrested and escaped.

At the end of [[1945]] Axelos moved to Paris, France, where he studied philosophy at Sorbonne. From 1950 to 1957 he worked as a researcher in the philosophy branch of C.R.N.S, where he was writing his dissertations<ref name="rp" />, and subsequently proceeded to work in ''Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes''. From 1962 to 1973 he taught philosophy in Sorbonne. His dissertation "Marx, penseur de la technique" (translated as "Alienation, Praxis and Techne in the Thought of Karl Marx") tried to provide an understanding of modern technology based on the thought of Heidegger and Marx and was very influential in the 1960s, alongside the philosophy of Herbert Marcuse.

Axelos was a collaborator, columnist, and subsequently editor of the magazine ''Arguments'' (1956-1962). He founded and, since 1960, has run the series ''Arguments'' in ''Edition de Minuit''<ref>{{cite web|title =Kostas Axelos |publisher=Éditions de Minuit |url =http://www.leseditionsdeminuit.eu/f/index.php?sp=livAut&auteur_id=1383 | accessdate =2010-02-02}}</ref>. He has published texts mostly in French, but also in [[Greek language|Greek]] and German. His most important book is "Le Jeu du Monde" (Play of the World), where Axelos argues for a pre-ontological status of play.

His main works are:
*''Heraclite et la Philosophie'',
*''Marx Penseur de la Techique'',
*''Vers la Pensee Planetaire'',
*''Le Jeu Du Monde'',
*''Pour Une Ethique Problematique'',
*''Systematique Ouverte'',
*''Metamorphoses''.

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-'''Κostas Axelos''' ([[June 26]], [[1924]] - [[February 4]], [[2010]]) - sometimes spelled Costas Axelos - was a [[Greeks|Greek]] Philosopher. He was born in [[Athens]] to a middle-class family and attended high school at the ''French Institute''<ref name="rp">http://www.radicalphilosophy.com/pdf/mondialisation.pdf Elden, Stuart INTERVIEW: Kostas Axelos; Mondialisation without the world, Radical Philosophy,  2005 </ref> and the ''German School'' of [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. He enrolled in the Law School in order to pursue studies in law and economics. With the onset of [[World War II]] he got involved in politics; during the German and Italian occupation he participated in the [[Greek Resistance]], and later in the [[Greek Civil War]], as an organiser and journalist affiliated with the [[Communist Party of Greece|Communist Party]] ([[1941]]-[[1945]]). He was later expelled from the Communist Party and condemned to death by the right-wing government. He was arrested and escaped.
+'''Κostas Axelos''' ([[June 26]], [[1924]] - [[February 4]], [[2010]]) - sometimes spelled Costas Axelos - was a [[Greeks|Greek]] Philosopher. He was born in [[Athens]] to a middle-class family and attended high school at the ''French Institute''<ref name="rp">http://www.radicalphilosophy.com/pdf/mondialisation.pdf Elden, Stuart INTERVIEW: Kostas Axelos; Mondialisation without the world, Radical Philosophy,  2005 </ref> and the ''German School'' of [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. He enrolled in the Law School in order to pursue studies in law and economics. With the onset of [[World War II]] he got involved in politics; during the German and Italian occupation he participated in the [[Greek Resistance]], and later in the [[Greek Civil War]], as an organiser and journalist affiliated with the [[Communist Party of Greece|Communist Party]] ([[1941]]-[[1945]]). He was later expelled from the Communist Party and condemned to death by the right-wing government. He was arrested and locked in an internment camp but managed to escape.
-At the end of [[1945]] Axelos moved to Paris, France, where he studied philosophy at Sorbonne. From 1950 to 1957 he worked as a researcher in the philosophy branch of C.R.N.S, where he was writing his dissertations<ref name="rp" />, and subsequently proceeded to work in ''Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes''. From 1962 to 1973 he taught philosophy in Sorbonne. His dissertation "Marx, penseur de la technique" (translated as "Alienation, Praxis and Techne in the Thought of Karl Marx") tried to provide an understanding of modern technology based on the thought of Heidegger and Marx and was very influential in the 1960s, alongside the philosophy of Herbert Marcuse.
+At the end of [[1945]] Axelos moved to Paris, France, where he studied philosophy at Sorbonne. From [[1950]] to [[1957]] he worked as a researcher in the philosophy branch of C.R.N.S, where he was writing his dissertations<ref name="rp" />, and subsequently proceeded to work in ''Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes''. From [[1962]] to [[1973]] he taught philosophy in Sorbonne. His dissertation "Marx, penseur de la technique" (translated as "Alienation, Praxis and Techne in the Thought of Karl Marx") tried to provide an understanding of modern technology based on the thought of Heidegger and Marx and was very influential in the [[1960s]], alongside the philosophy of Herbert Marcuse.
-Axelos was a collaborator, columnist, and subsequently editor of the magazine ''Arguments'' (1956-1962). He founded and, since 1960, has run the series ''Arguments'' in ''Edition de Minuit''<ref>http://www.leseditionsdeminuit.eu/f/index.php?sp=livAut&auteur_id=1383 Kostas  Axelos, Éditions de Minuit, 2010-02-02}}</ref>. He has published texts mostly in French, but also in [[Greek language|Greek]] and German. His most important book is "Le Jeu du Monde" (Play of the World), where Axelos argues for a pre-ontological status of play.
+Axelos was a collaborator, columnist, and subsequently editor of the magazine ''Arguments'' (1956-1962). He founded and, since [[1960]], has run the series ''Arguments'' in ''Edition de Minuit''<ref>http://www.leseditionsdeminuit.eu/f/index.php?sp=livAut&auteur_id=1383 Kostas  Axelos, Éditions de Minuit, 2010-02-02}}</ref>. He has published texts mostly in French, but also in [[Greek language|Greek]] and German. His most important book is "Le Jeu du Monde" (Play of the World), where Axelos argues for a pre-ontological status of play.
-Axelos last visited Greece in [[2009]] to receive an honorary doctorate from the [[University of Thessaloniki]]. He died on [[February 4]], [[2010]].
+Axelos last visited Greece in [[2009]] when he was made professor emeritus of Philosophy by the [[University of Thessaloniki]]. He died on [[February 4]], [[2010]].