Life
Poulantzas studied law in Greece and moved to France where he completed a doctorate in the philosophy of law. He taught sociology at the University of Paris VIII from 1968 until his death. He was married to the French novelist Annie Leclerc and had one daughter. He killed himself in 1979 by jumping from the window of a friend's flat in Paris.
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