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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808451703321

Autore

Roudinesco Elisabeth <1944->

Titolo

Philosophy in turbulent times : Canguilhem, Sartre, Foucault, Althusser, Deleuze, Derrida / / Elisabeth Roudinesco ; translated by William McCuaig

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Chichester, UK, : Columbia University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-89779-9

9786612897795

0-231-51885-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 p.)

Disciplina

194

Soggetti

Philosophy - France - History - 20th century

Philosophy, French - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2008.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: In Defense of Critical Thought; NOTES ON THE TEXT; 1. GEORGES 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; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sommario/riassunto

For Elisabeth Roudinesco, a historian of psychoanalysis and one of France's leading intellectuals, Canguilhem, Sartre, Foucault, Althusser, Deleuze, and Derrida belong to a ""great generation"" of French philosophers. Innovative and troubled, these thinkers accomplished remarkable work and lived incredible lives, and though their cultural horizon was dominated by Marxism and psychoanalysis, they were by no means strict adherents to Marxist and Freudian doctrines. Having known many of these intellectuals personally, Roudinesco merges an account of their thought and experiences with her