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After the Deluge
New Perspectives on the Intellectual and Cultural History of Postwar France
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2004
Summary
Madame de Pompadour's famous quip, 'Apr_s nous, le deluge,' serves as fitting inspiration for this lively discussion of postwar French intellectual and cultural life. Over the past thirty years, North American and European scholarship has been significantly transformed by the absorption of poststructuralist and postmodernist theories from French thinkers. But Julian Bourg's seamlessly edited volume proves that, historically speaking, French intellecutal and cultural life since World War Two has involved much more than a few infamous figures and concepts. Motivated by a desire to narrate and contextualize the deluge of 'French theory,' After the Deluge showcases recent work by today's brightest scholars of French intellectual history that historicizes key debates, figures, and turning points in the postwar era of French thought. Relying on primary and archival sources, contributors examine, among other themes: left-wing critiques of the Left, the internationalizing of thought, the institutional and affective conditions of cultural life, and the religious imagination. They revive neglected debates and figures, and they explore the larger impact of political quarrels. In an afterword, preeminent French historian Fran_ois Dosse heralds the arrival of a new generation, a historiographical sensibility that brings fresh, original perspectives and a passion for French history to the contemporary French intellectual arena. After the Deluge adds significant depth and breadth to our understanding of postwar French intellectual and cultural history.
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Copyright year
2004
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-0791-1
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-5180-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
427
Product type
Edited Book
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CONTENTS No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction Julian Bourg No access Pages 1 - 18
1IsThere Such a Thing as"French Philosophy"? or Why Do We Read the French So Badly? Alan D. Schrift No access
2 Against Capitalism? French Theory and the Economy after 1945 William Gallais No access
3 The Post-Marx of the Letter Warren Breckman No access
4 A New Generation of Greek Intellectuals in Postwar France Christophe Premat No access
5 Kostas Axelos and the World of the Arguments Circle Stuart Elden No access
6 Un contradicteur permanent":The Ideological and Political Itinerary of Daniel Guerin David Berry No access
7 Guy Hocquenghem and the Cultural Revolution in France after May 1968 Ron Haas No access
8 The Myth of Emmanuel Levinas Ethan Kleinberg No access
9 Raymond Aron: Nationalism and Supranationalismin the Years Following the Second World War Lucia Bonfreschi No access
10 French Intellectuals and the Repression of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956:The Politics of a Protest Reconsidered Michael Scott Christofferson No access
11 From I'Univers Concentrationnaire to the Jewish Genocide: Pierre Vidal-Naquet and the Treblinka Controversy Samuel Moyn No access
12 French Cultural Policy in Question, 1981-2003 Philippe Poirrier No access
13 Religion, Republicanism, and Depoliticization: Two Intellectual Itineraries-Regis Debray and Marcel Gauchet Michael Behrent No access
Afterword: For Intellectual History Francois Dosse No access Pages 353 - 366
