Logics of failed revolt : French theory after May '68 / Peter Starr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Starr, Peter, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical theory.

Philosophy, French--20th century.

Philosophy, French.

France--Politics and government--1958-.

France.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

x, 268 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [1995]

Summary:

Logics of Failed Revolt uses the events of May '68 as a historical touchstone for examining the political ramifications of that body of literary philosophical, and psychoanalytic work we in America have come to know as French theory. More precisely, it explores the strategically central role, within theoretical discourse of the period largely defined by May '68, of a constellation of commonplace 'explanations' for the necessary failure of established modes of revolutionary action, and hence of the widespread perception of politics proper as a dead end.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-260) and index.

ISBN:

0804724458

0804724466

OCLC:

31662024