Didier Eribon
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Didier Eribon is a French philosopher, sociologist, and writer best known for his work on social class, sexuality, and his influential autobiographical essay "Returning to Reims."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Didier Eribon canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1079680 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Didier Eribon Context triple: [Pierre Bourdieu, influenced, Didier Eribon]
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Loïc Wacquant
Loïc Wacquant is a French sociologist and social theorist known for his work on urban marginality, the penal state, and the body, often combining ethnography with critical theory.
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B.
Bernard Lazare
Bernard Lazare was a French Jewish journalist, literary critic, and early Zionist best known as one of the first and most vocal defenders of Alfred Dreyfus, helping to expose the antisemitic injustice of the Dreyfus affair.
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C.
Jean-Paul Agon
Jean-Paul Agon is a French business executive best known for serving as the longtime CEO and later chairman of global cosmetics giant L'Oréal.
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D.
Philippe Claudel
Philippe Claudel is a French novelist, screenwriter, and film director best known for works such as "Il y a longtemps que je t'aime" ("I've Loved You So Long").
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E.
Jean-Luc Vaillant
Jean-Luc Vaillant is a French software engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and former chief technology officer of LinkedIn.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Didier Eribon Target entity description: Didier Eribon is a French philosopher, sociologist, and writer best known for his work on social class, sexuality, and his influential autobiographical essay "Returning to Reims."
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A.
Loïc Wacquant
Loïc Wacquant is a French sociologist and social theorist known for his work on urban marginality, the penal state, and the body, often combining ethnography with critical theory.
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B.
Bernard Lazare
Bernard Lazare was a French Jewish journalist, literary critic, and early Zionist best known as one of the first and most vocal defenders of Alfred Dreyfus, helping to expose the antisemitic injustice of the Dreyfus affair.
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C.
Jean-Paul Agon
Jean-Paul Agon is a French business executive best known for serving as the longtime CEO and later chairman of global cosmetics giant L'Oréal.
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D.
Philippe Claudel
Philippe Claudel is a French novelist, screenwriter, and film director best known for works such as "Il y a longtemps que je t'aime" ("I've Loved You So Long").
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E.
Jean-Luc Vaillant
Jean-Luc Vaillant is a French software engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and former chief technology officer of LinkedIn.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiographical essay
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book ⓘ essayist ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ sociologist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| author | Didier Eribon self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
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École des hautes études en sciences sociales ⓘ |
| employer |
King’s College London
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Princeton University ⓘ University of Picardy Jules Verne ⓘ
surface form:
University of Amiens (Université de Picardie Jules Verne)
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ La Sorbonne ⓘ
surface form:
University of Paris
Université d’Amiens ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
LGBT studies
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gender studies ⓘ intellectual history ⓘ philosophy ⓘ queer theory ⓘ social theory ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical essay
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biography ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
LGBT rights movement
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surface form:
Gay liberation movement
Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ Michel Foucault ⓘ Pierre Bourdieu ⓘ Simone de Beauvoir ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
LGBT politics
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homosexuality ⓘ identity ⓘ sexuality ⓘ social class ⓘ stigma ⓘ working-class culture ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
homophobia
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political realignment of the working class ⓘ sexuality ⓘ social class ⓘ working-class background ⓘ |
| movement |
Western Marxism
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surface form:
French theory
critical theory ⓘ post-structuralism ⓘ |
| name | Didier Eribon self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
analysis of class defection and return
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intersection of class and sexuality ⓘ reworking of Bourdieu’s concept of habitus in autobiographical form ⓘ |
| notableWork |
D'une révolution conservatrice et de ses effets sur la gauche française
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Michel Foucault et ses contemporains ⓘ Michel Foucault ⓘ
surface form:
Michel Foucault, 1926–1984
Returning to Reims ⓘ Réflexions sur la question gay ⓘ Une morale du minoritaire ⓘ |
| occupation |
biographer
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journalist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ professor ⓘ sociologist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Didier Eribon Description of subject: Didier Eribon is a French philosopher, sociologist, and writer best known for his work on social class, sexuality, and his influential autobiographical essay "Returning to Reims."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Returning to Reims