Marcel Gauchet Born 1946 (age 75–76) Poilley, Manche, France Nationality French Era Contemporary philosophy Region Western philosophy School Continental philosophy Anti-totalitarian left/French liberalism (1970s)[1] Classical republicanism (1980s)[1] Main interests Political philosophy Influences Raymond Aron,[2] Pierre Clastres, Claude Lefort, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Alexis de Tocqueville, Ernst Kantorowicz