Pierre Musso

Pierre Musso
Pierre Musso in 2019
Born (1950-09-08) September 8, 1950 (age 76)
OccupationsPhilosopher and historian of technology
Education
EducationENST, Panthéon-Sorbonne University (Ph.D)

Pierre Musso (born 1950) is a French philosopher and historian of technology.

Life

Musso studied philosophy at the École nationale supérieure des postes, télégraphes et téléphones (ENSPTT), before gaining a Ph.D. in political science at University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Supervised by Lucien Sfez, his thesis dealt with the ideal of the telecommunications network in the thought of Henri Saint-Simon and his followers.

Musso then undertook research at the Centre national d'études des télécommunications (CNET) and led several research departments at France Télécom. He became a lecturer at Paris 1, and is today a professor of Information and Communication Sciences at the University of Rennes 2 and at Télécom Paris.

Works

References

  1. ↑ "Notice de personne Pierre Musso". The Bibliothèque nationale de France Catalogue Général (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 José Luís Garcia (2016). "Introduction: Towards a Critical Philosophy of Networks – Reflections on the Perspective of Pierre Musso". In José Luís Garcia (ed.). Pierre Musso and the Network Society: From Saint-Simonianism to the Internet. Springer. pp. 1–18. ISBN 9783319455389.