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Philosophy in Turbulent Times: Canguilhem, Sartre, Foucault, Althusser, Deleuze, Derrida
Elisabeth Roudinesco
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Description for Philosophy in Turbulent Times: Canguilhem, Sartre, Foucault, Althusser, Deleuze, Derrida
Paperback. Translator(s): McCuaig, William. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
For Elisabeth Roudinesco, a historian of psychoanalysis and one of France's leading intellectuals, Canguilhem, Sartre, Foucault, Althusser, Deleuze, and Derrida represent a "great generation" of French philosophers who accomplished remarkable work and lived incredible lives. These troubled and innovative thinkers endured World War II and the cultural and political revolution of the 1960s, and their cultural horizon was dominated by Marxism and psychoanalysis, though they were by no means strict adherents to the doctrines of Marx and Freud. Roudinesco knew many of these intellectuals personally, and she weaves an account of their thought through lived experience and reminiscences. Canguilhem, for ... Read more
For Elisabeth Roudinesco, a historian of psychoanalysis and one of France's leading intellectuals, Canguilhem, Sartre, Foucault, Althusser, Deleuze, and Derrida represent a "great generation" of French philosophers who accomplished remarkable work and lived incredible lives. These troubled and innovative thinkers endured World War II and the cultural and political revolution of the 1960s, and their cultural horizon was dominated by Marxism and psychoanalysis, though they were by no means strict adherents to the doctrines of Marx and Freud. Roudinesco knew many of these intellectuals personally, and she weaves an account of their thought through lived experience and reminiscences. Canguilhem, for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
286g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231143011
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V9780231143011
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About Elisabeth Roudinesco
Elisabeth Roudinesco is director of research at the University of Paris and director of studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes-Etudes, Sorbonne. She is the author of a number of critically acclaimed works, including Columbia University Press's Jacques Lacan and Why Psychoanalysis? William McCuaig is most recently the translator of Gianni Vattimo's The Vocation and Responsibility of the Philosopher. ... Read more
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