Philosophy in turbulent times : Canguilhem, Sartre, Foucault, Althusser, Deleuze, Derrida
by
Roudinesco, Elisabeth, 1944-
Title
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Philosophy in turbulent times : Canguilhem, Sartre, Foucault, Althusser, Deleuze, Derrida
Author
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Roudinesco, Elisabeth, 1944-
ISBN
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9780231143004
9780231518857
Personal Author
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Roudinesco, Elisabeth, 1944-
Uniform Title
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Philosophes dans la tourmente. English
Publication Information
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New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.
Physical Description
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xvi, 184 p. ; 22 cm.
General Note
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Translated from the French.
Contents
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Introduction. In Defense of Critical Thought -- 1. George Canguilhem: A Philosophy of Heroism -- 2. Jean-Paul Sartre: Psychoanalysis on the Shadowy Banks of the Danube -- 3. Michel Foucault: Readings of History of Madness -- 4. Louis Althusser: The Murder Scene -- 5. Gilles Deleuze: Anti-Oedipal Variations -- 6. Jacques Derrida: The Moment of Death.
Abstract
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"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 refutes attempts to tar these men, as well as the Marxist and left-wing tradition in general, with the brush of Soviet-style communism."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Term
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Philosophy -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Philosophy, French -- 20th century.
Philosophers -- France -- History -- 20th century.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
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| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025449212 | 194 R854P 2008 | 1 |