Jean‐louis Déotte Jean‐Louis Déotte is professor of philosophy at the Université de Paris 8 – Vincennes – Saint‐Denis. Between 1986 and 1992, he directed a research programme on museums and the patrimony of ruins at the Collège International de Philosophie in Paris, in collaboration with the Department of Museums of France at the Ministry of Culture. He has participated in numerous conferences and seminars, notably in Turin, concerning the project for a Museum of Europe; in Montreal within the framework of the Museum of...