devant la mort (1977), his last major book, published in the same year when his status as a historian was finally recognised by his induction into the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), as a directeur d'études. Personal life Ariès regarded himself as an "anarchist of the right". He was initially close to the Action française but later distanced himself from it, as he viewed it as too authoritarian, hence his self-description as an "anarchist". Ariès also contributed to La Nation française, a royalist review. However, he also co-operated with many left-wing French historians, especially with Michel Foucault, who wrote his obituary. Works 1943. Les Traditions sociales dans les pays de France, Éditions de la Nouvelle France. 1948. Histoire des populations françaises et de leurs attitudes devant la vie depuis le XVIIIe, Self. 1949. Attitudes devant la vie et devant la mort du XVIIe au XIXe, quelques aspects de leurs variations, INED. 1953. Sur les origines de la contraception en France, from Population 3 (July–September): pp. 465–72. 1954. Le Temps de l'histoire, Éditions du Rocher. 1954. Deux contributions à l'histoire des pratiques contraceptives, from Population 4 (October–December): pp. 683–98. 1960. L'Enfant et la vie familiale sous l'Ancien Régime, Plon. English translation: 1975. Essais sur l'histoire de la mort en Occident: du Moyen Âge à nos jours, Seuil. English translation: 1977. L'Homme devant la mort, Seuil. English translation: 1980. Un historien du dimanche (with Michel Winock), Seuil. 1983. Images de l'homme devant la mort, Seuil. 1985–1987. Histoire de la vie privée, (with Georges Duby), 5 volumes: I. De l'Empire romain à l'an mil; II. De l'Europe féodale à la Renaissance; III. De la Renaissance aux Lumières; IV. De la Révolution à la Grande guerre; V. De la Première Guerre mondiale à nos jours, Seuil. 1993. Essais de mémoire: 1943–1983, Seuil. 1997. Le présent quotidien, 1955–1966, Seuil. Collection of articles published in La Nation française between 1955 and 1966. 2001. Histoire de la vie privée, (with Georges Duby), le Grand livre du mois. References Further reading Boyd, Kelly, ed. Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writers (Rutledge, 1999) 1:50-51 Evans, Richard J., In Defence of History, Granta Books 1997 Gros, Guillaume, "Philippe Ariès. Un traditionaliste non-conformiste, de l'Action française à l'Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales", Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 2008. External links Site dedicated to Philippe Ariès 1914 births 1984 deaths Writers from Blois People affiliated with Action Française