G.A. Cohen (1941 - 2009)

G.A. Cohen, the political philosopher sometimes known as Jerry Cohen, died in the early hours of this morning of a suspected stroke (see Normblog for some further details). More links and memories on Leiter Reports

I interviewed him for a Philosophy Bites podcast in his rooms at All Souls in Oxford in December 2007. Before the interview he performed a few snippets from his stand up comedy routine, and seemed in fine form. We'd hoped to go back to interview him on Marx at some point. (An Open University interview with Cohen on Marx's German Ideology (Part One), audio track 7 from the course AA311 Reading Political Philosophy: Machiavelli to Mill, has recenty been made available on iTunesU - further details here). Links to podcasts of a recent Oxford University conference on his work here.

Listen to G.A. Cohen on Inequality of Wealth. (Philosophy Bites)