New French Thought

Author : Mark Lilla
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400863853

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New French Thought by Mark Lilla Pdf

The past fifteen years in France have seen a remarkable flourishing of new work in political philosophy. This anthology brings into English for the first time essays by some of the best young French political thinkers writing today, including Marcel Gauchet, Pierre Manent, Luc Ferry, and Alain Renaut. The central theme of these essays is liberal democracy: its nature, its development, its problems, its fundamental legitimacy. Although these themes are familiar to American and British readers, the French approach to them--which is profoundly historical and rooted in the tradition of continental philosophy--is quite different from our customary one. Included in this collection is a series of reconsiderations of French critics of liberal society (Lévi-Strauss, Foucault, Bourdieu) and of classical European liberals (Kant, Constant, Tocqueville). The continuing controversies over the nature of the modern era and the place of religion within it play a central role throughout the collection. The book includes a debate on the foundations of human rights and on the nature of a liberal political order. The concluding section presents some of the new sociological writing on modern individualism, its pleasures and its discontents. An introduction by Mark Lilla provides the historical background to the revival of French political thought about liberalism, and offers an analysis of what American and English readers might learn from it. Originally published in 1994. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Ian James
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780745681283

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The New French Philosophy by Ian James Pdf

This book gives a critical assessment of key developments in contemporary French philosophy, highlighting the diverse ways in which recent French thought has moved beyond the philosophical positions and arguments which have been widely associated with the terms 'post-structuralism' and 'postmodernism'. These developments are assessed through a close comparative reading of the work of seven contemporary thinkers: Jean-Luc Marion, Jean-Luc Nancy, Bernard Stiegler, Catherine Malabou, Jacques Rancière, Alain Badiou and François Laruelle. The book situates the writing of each philosopher in relation to earlier traditions of French thought. In differing ways, these philosophers decisively distance themselves from the linguistic paradigm which dominated so much twentieth-century thought in order to rethink philosophical conceptions of materiality, worldliness, shared embodied existence and human agency or subjectivity. They thereby open the way for a radical renewal of the claims, possibilities and transformative power of philosophical thinking itself. This book will be an indispensable text for students of philosophy and for anyone interested in current developments in philosophy and social thought.

Author : Lawrence D. Kritzman,Brian J. Reilly,M. B. DeBevoise
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0231107900

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The Columbia History of Twentieth-century French Thought by Lawrence D. Kritzman,Brian J. Reilly,M. B. DeBevoise Pdf

This valuable reference is an authoritative guide to 20th century French thought. It considers the intellectual figures, movements and publications that helped define fields as diverse as history, psychoanalysis, film, philosophy, and economics.

Author : Étienne Balibar,John Rajchman,Anne Boyman
Publisher : New Press Postwar French Thoug
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 1565848829

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French Philosophy Since 1945 by Étienne Balibar,John Rajchman,Anne Boyman Pdf

The fourth and final volume of The New Press Postwar French Thought series provides a fresh map and analysis for understanding the history of ideas since 1945. This anthology collects the writings of celebrated philosophers along with work by thinkers highly regarded in France for the first time. It contextualises the material within a larger intellectual and political history and chronology, identifying antecedents and distinguishing four main phases or moments. Indispensable for understanding the development of postwar French philosophy as a whole.

Author : Sudhir Hazareesingh
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141974804

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How the French Think by Sudhir Hazareesingh Pdf

Sudhir Hazareesingh's How the French Think is a warm yet incisive exploration of the French intellectual tradition, and its exceptional place in a nation's identity and lifestyle Why are the French an exceptional nation? Why do they think they are so exceptional? An important reason is that in France intellectual activity is regarded not just as the preserve of the thinking elite but for almost everyone. French thought can sometimes be austere and often opaque, yet it is undeniably bold and innovative, and driven by a relentless quest for the regeneration of humanity. Sudhir Hazareesingh traces its tumultuous history in an enormously enjoyable and highly original manner, showing how the French ways of thought and life connect. This will be one of the most revealing books written about them - or any other European country - for years. Sudhir Hazareesingh was born in Mauritius. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and has been a Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Balliol College, Oxford, since 1990. Among his books are The Legend of Napoleon (Granta, 2004) and Le MytheGaullien (Gallimard, 2010). He won the Prix du Memorial d'Ajaccio and the Prix de la Fondation Napoleon for the first of these, and a Prix d'Histoire du Senat for the second.

Author : Julian Bourg
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773552470

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From Revolution to Ethics, Second Edition by Julian Bourg Pdf

Winner: CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Award, CHOICE Magazine (2008) Winner: Morris D. Forkosch Prize for the best book in intellectual history, Journal of the History of Ideas (2008) The French revolts of May 1968, the largest general strike in twentieth-century Europe, were among the most famous and colourful episodes of the twentieth century. Julian Bourg argues that during the subsequent decade the revolts led to a remarkable paradigm shift in French thought - the concern for revolution in the 1960s was transformed into a fascination with ethics. Challenging the prevalent view that the 1960s did not have any lasting effect, From Revolution to Ethics shows how intellectuals and activists turned to ethics as the touchstone for understanding interpersonal, institutional, and political dilemmas. In absorbing and scrupulously researched detail Bourg explores the developing ethical fascination as it emerged among student Maoists courting terrorism, anti-psychiatric celebrations of madness, feminists mobilizing against rape, and pundits and philosophers championing humanitarianism. From Revolution to Ethics provides a compelling picture of how May 1968 helped make ethics a compass for navigating contemporary global concerns. In a new preface for the second edition published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the events, Bourg assessses the worldwide influence of the ethical turn, from human rights to the return of religion and the new populism.

Author : Christopher Watkin
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781474414746

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French Philosophy Today by Christopher Watkin Pdf

Alain Badiou, Quentin Meillassoux, Catherine Malabou, Michel Serres and Bruno Latour: this comparative, critical analysis shows the promises and perils of new French philosophy's reformulation of the idea of the human.

Author : Henry Somers-Hall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316517901

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Judgement and Sense in Modern French Philosophy by Henry Somers-Hall Pdf

Develops new readings of key figures in the French tradition that together constitute a new reading of the tradition itself.

Author : Christopher John Murray
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9781579583842

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Encyclopedia of Modern French Thought by Christopher John Murray Pdf

This work covers not only philosophy, but also all the other major disciplines, including literary theory, sociology, linguistics, political thought, theology, and more. The 240 analytical entries examine individuals such as Bergson, Durkheim, Mauss, Sartre, Beauvoir, Foucault, Levi-Strauss, Lacan, Kristeva, and Derrida; specific disciplines such as the arts, anthropology, historiography, psychology, and sociology; key beliefs and methodologies such as Catholicism, deconstruction, feminism, Marxism, and phenomenology; themes and concepts such as freedom, language, media, and sexuality; and istorical, political, social, and intellectual context. --From publisher's decription.

Author : Irving Goh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000712483

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French Thought and Literary Theory in the UK by Irving Goh Pdf

This collection presents a sort of counter-history or counter-genealogy of the globalization of French thought from the point of view of scholars working in the UK. While the dominating discourse would attribute the US as the source of that globalization, particularly through the 1966 conference on the Languages of Criticism and the Sciences of Man at Johns Hopkins University, this volume of essays serves as a reminder that the UK has also been a principal motor of that globalization. The essays take into account how French thought and literary theory have institutionally taken shape in the UK from the 70s to today, highlight aspects of French thought that have been of particular pertinence or importance for scholars there, and outline how researchers in the UK today are bringing French thought further in terms of teaching and research in this twenty-first century. In short, this volume traces how the country has been behind the reception and development of French thought in Anglophone worlds from the late 70s to the present.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:605628496

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New French Thought by Anonim Pdf

Author : Caroline Williams
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781847142634

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Contemporary French Philosophy by Caroline Williams Pdf

French philosophy and cultural theory continue to hold a prestigious and influential position in European thought. One of the central themes of contemporary French philosophy is its concern with the theoretical and political status of the subject, a question which has been broached by structuralists and poststructuralists through an analysis of the construction of the subject in and by language, discourse, power and ideology.Contemporary French Philosophy outlines the construction of the subject in modern philosophy, focusing in particular on the seminal work of Althusser, Lacan, Derrida and Foucault. The book interrogates some of the most influential perspectives on the question of the subject to contest those postmodern voices which announce its disappearance or death. It argues instead that the question of the subject persists, even in those perspectives which seek to abandon it altogether.Providing a broad introduction to the field and an original analysis of some of the most influential theorists of the 20th Century, the book will be of great interest to political and literary theorists, cultural historians, as well as to philosophers.

Author : Michael Moriarty,Jeremy Jennings
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1107163676

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The Cambridge History of French Thought by Michael Moriarty,Jeremy Jennings Pdf

French thinkers have revolutionized European thought about knowledge, religion, politics, and society. Delivering a comprehensive history of thought in France from the Middle Ages to the present, this book follows themes and developments of thought across the centuries. It provides readers with studies of both systematic thinkers and those who operate less systematically, through essays or fragments, and places them all in their many contexts. Informed by up-to-date research, these accessible chapters are written by prominent experts in their fields who investigate key concepts in non-technical language. Chapters feature treatments of specific thinkers as individuals including Voltaire, Rousseau, Descartes and Derrida, but also more general movements and schools of thought from humanism to liberalism, via the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Marxism, and feminism. Furthermore, the influence of gender, race, empire and slavery are investigated to offer a broad and fulfilling account of French thought throughout the ages.

Author : Stefanos Geroulanos
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780804774246

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An Atheism that Is Not Humanist Emerges in French Thought by Stefanos Geroulanos Pdf

French philosophy changed dramatically in the second quarter of the twentieth century. In the wake of World War I and, later, the Nazi and Soviet disasters, major philosophers such as Kojève, Levinas, Heidegger, Koyré, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, and Hyppolite argued that man could no longer fill the void left by the "death of God" without also calling up the worst in human history and denigrating the dignity of the human subject. In response, they contributed to a new belief that man should no longer be viewed as the basis for existence, thought, and ethics; rather, human nature became dependent on other concepts and structures, including Being, language, thought, and culture. This argument, which was to be paramount for existentialism and structuralism, came to dominate postwar thought. This intellectual history of these developments argues that at their heart lay a new atheism that rejected humanism as insufficient and ultimately violent.

Author : Gary Gutting
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2001-05-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521665590

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French Philosophy in the Twentieth Century by Gary Gutting Pdf

A clear and comprehensive account of the history of French philosophy in the twentieth century.