French thought and literary theory in the UK / edited by Irving Goh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goh, Irving, editor.

Series:

Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, French.

Criticism.

Great Britain--Civilization--French influences.

Great Britain.

Civilization.

Criticism--Great Britain.

Criticism--France.

French literature--Appreciation.

French literature--Study and teaching (Higher).

France.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 177 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"This collection presents a sort of counter-history or counter-genealogy of the globalization of French thought from the point of view of scholars working in the UK. While the dominating discourse would attribute the US as the source of that globalization, particularly through the 1966 conference on the Languages of Criticism and the Sciences of Man at Johns Hopkins University, this volume of essays serves as a reminder that the UK has also been a principal motor of that globalization. The essays take into account how French thought and literary theory have institutionally taken shape in the UK from the 70s till today, highlight aspects of French thought that have been of particular pertinence or importance for scholars there, and outline how researchers in the UK today are bringing French thought further in terms of teaching and research in this twenty-first century. In short, this volume traces how the country has been behind the reception and development of French thought in Anglophone worlds from the late 70s to the present post-Brexit age"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Opening remarks from an outlier : the sur-vie of French thought in the UK / Irving Goh

Preface: Theory philosophy, literature / Robert J.C. Young

'We are all theorists nowadays' : the 'institutionalisation' of (French) theory / Laurent Milesi

Lingophobia / Nicholas Royle

Creative criticism : a histori-manifesto / Clare Connors

Thoughts from France on the animal-human borderline : Derrida and animal rights philosophers / Judith Still

'French thought,' postcolonialism, and Islam : Jacques Derrida and Abdelkébir Khatibi / Jane Hiddleston

Paul Virilio's global Britain / Mark Featherstone

Critiquing post-structuralism : the recent politics of French thought / Simon Morgan Wortham

The business school and French philosophy / Martin Parker

Inheriting the question of technology : grammatologt, originary technicity, ecotechnics / Joanna Hodge

Postface: Après-coup

deconstruction is/in the UK / Naomi Waltham-Smith.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: French thought and literary theory in the UK.

ISBN:

9780367408220

0367408228

OCLC:

1107357223