Honours
Knight of the French Legion of Honour, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, December 2012
Commander of the Ordine al Merito della Republica Italiana, 2010
Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes académiques, 2009
Honorary Member of the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2010
Laurea Honoris Causa of the Federal University of Rio Grande de Sul,2011
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