Thinking the impossible : French philosophy since 1960 / Gary Gutting.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gutting, Gary, author.

Series:

Oxford history of philosophy.

Oxford history of philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, French--20th century--France.

Philosophy, French.

Philosophers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The late twentieth century saw a remarkable flourishing of philosophy in France. The author tells the story of the development of a distinctively French philosophy in the last four decades of the twentieth century. His aim is to arrive at an account of what it was to 'do philosophy' in France, what this sort of philosophising was able to achieve, and how it differs from the analytic philosophy dominant in Anglophone countries.

Contents:

Introduction: Philosophies vs philosophers

Philosophical educations

The Hegelian challenge

Footnotes to Heidegger?

Whatever happened to existentialism?

How they all are Nietzscheans

The turn to ethics : Levinas and Deleuze

The turn to ethics : Derrida, Levinas, and Foucault

Phenomenology, religion, and incomprehensibility : Derrida and Marion

Ontology, ethics, and incomprehensibility : Alain Badiou

Conclusion: Thinking the impossible.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-180978-0