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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461984003321

Autore

Gibson Andrew <1949->

Titolo

Intermittency : the concept of historical reason in recent French philosophy / / Andrew Gibson [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2012

ISBN

0-7486-3758-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 326 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

111

Soggetti

Philosophy, French - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di contenuto

Foreword / Jean-Jacques Lecercle -- Introduction -- The logic of intermittency: Alain Badiou -- Sporadic modernity: Françoise Proust -- A counter-phenomenology of Spirit: Christian Jambet -- Alternates Indépassables: Guy Lardeau -- Intermittency and melancholy: Jacques Rancière -- Conclusion: Prolegmena to a critical synthesis.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is about the concept of historical intermittency in five recent and contemporary French philosophers: Alain Badiou  Francoise Proust  Christian Jambet  Guy Lardreau and Jacques Ranciere.