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The Years of Theory: Lectures on Modern French Thought

The Years of Theory: Lectures on Modern French Thought

Paperback

PhilosophyGeneral Political Science

Publisher Price: $29.95

ISBN10: 1804295892
ISBN13: 9781804295892
Publisher: Verso
Published: Oct 8 2024
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.15
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Magisterial lectures on the major figures of French theory from 'America's leading Marxist critic'

Fredric Jameson introduces here the major themes of French theory: existentialism, structuralism, poststructuralism, semiotics, feminism, psychoanalysis, and Marxism. In a series of accessible lectures, Jameson places this effervescent period of thought in the context of its most significant political conjunctures, including the Liberation of Paris, the Algerian War, the uprisings of May '68, and the creation of the EU.

The philosophical debates of the period come to life through anecdotes and extended readings of work by the likes of Sartre, Beauvoir, Fanon, Barthes, Foucault, Althusser, Derrida, Deleuze, groups like Tel Quel and Cahiers du Cinéma, and contemporary thinkers such as Rancière and Badiou. Eclectic, insightful, and inspired, Jameson's seminars provide an essential account of an intellectual moment comparable in significance to the Golden Age of Athens, historically fascinating and of persistent relevance.

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