French Philosophy today : new figures of the human in Badiou, Meillassoux, Malabou, Serres and Latour / Christopher Watkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watkin, Christopher, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, French--21st century.

Philosophy, French.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 258 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Alain Badiou, Quentin Meillassoux, Catherine Malabou, Michel Serres and Bruno Latour: this comparative, critical analysis shows the promises and perils of new French philosophy's reformulation of the idea of the human.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 Alain Badiou: Formalised Inhumanism

2 Quentin Meillassoux: Supreme Human Value Meets Antianthropocentrism

3 Catherine Malabou: The Plastic Human

4 Catherine Malabou: The Epigenetic Human

5 Michel Serres: Universal Humanism

6 Bruno Latour: Translating the Human

Conclusion

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Sep 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4744-2233-0

1-4744-1474-5