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Columbia History of Twentieth-Century French Thought by Malcolm DeBevoise (2006, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherColumbia University Press
ISBN-100231107919
ISBN-139780231107914
eBay Product ID (ePID)47844984
Product Key Features
Number of Pages816 Pages
Publication NameColumbia History of Twentieth-Century French Thought
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
SubjectUnited States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), General, Research, Europe / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Reference, History
AuthorMalcolm Debevoise
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.9 in
Item Weight64.6 Oz
Item Length10.5 in
Item Width8.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2005-051997
Reviews"Massive and steady... a patchwork of colorful characters, abstract figures, dense superimpositions." -- France Today, " The Columbia History of Twentieth-Century French Thought is a well-designed and well-executed volume." -- American Reference Books Annual, Creative in organization, innovative in choice of themes, and unsurpassed in quality... a volume without parallel., "Both researchers and browsers will delight in this authoritative compendium of articles on France's intellectual century." -- Library Journal, "Creative in organization, innovative in choice of themes, and unsurpassed in quality... a volume without parallel." -- Andrew Sobanet, French Forum, " "The Columbia History of Twentieth-Century French Thought" is a well-designed and well-executed volume." -- "American Reference Books Annual", Both researchers and browsers will delight in this authoritative compendium of articles on France's intellectual century., "A remarkably well-designed and well-executed volume." -- Delilah R. Caldwell, American Reference Books Annual, The Columbia History of Twentieth-Century French Thought is a well-designed and well-executed volume.
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal944.081
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments List of Contributors Select Chronology Introduction Part I: Movements and Currents Part II: Themes Part III: Intellectuals Part IV: Dissemination Alphabetical List of Articles Index
SynopsisUnrivaled in its scope and depth, The Columbia History of Twentieth-Century French Thought assesses the intellectual figures, movements, and publications that helped shape and define fields as diverse as history and historiography, psychoanalysis, film, literary theory, cognitive and life sciences, literary criticism, philosophy, and economics. More than two hundred entries by leading intellectuals discuss developments in French thought on such subjects as pacifism, fashion, gastronomy, technology, and urbanism. Contributors include prominent French thinkers, many of whom have played an integral role in the development of French thought, and American, British, and Canadian scholars who have been vital in the dissemination of French ideas., With more than two hundred entries by leading intellectuals in the French- and English-speaking world, this new volume presents the authoritative guide to twentieth-century French thought. Unrivaled in its scope and depth, The Columbia History of Twentieth-Century French Thought covers and critiques the intellectual figures, movements, and publications that helped shape and define fields as diverse as history and historiography, psychoanalysis, film, literary theory, cognitive and life sciences, literary criticism, philosophy, and economics. The contributors also discuss developments in French thought on such subjects as pacifism, fashion, gastronomy, technology, and urbanism. More than just a reference volume, The Columbia History of Twentieth-Century French Thought offers original and imaginative explorations of a variety of topics. Contributors include prominent French thinkers, many of whom have played an integral role in the development of French thought, and American, British, and Canadian scholars who have been vital in the dissemination of French ideas. The book brings together such pairings as Etienne Balibar on Althusser; Jean Baudrillard on the futures of theory; Judith Butler on Hegel in France; R gis Debray on mediology; Julia Kristeva on Proust; Michael Morange on the life sciences; Paul Ricoeur on ethics; Elisabeth Roudinesco on psychoanalysis; and Roger Shattuck on humanisms. The book is divided into four parts: Movements and Currents (including all the major schools of thought, such as the Annales, deconstruction, Gaullism, n gritude, the New Right, psychoanalysis, and structuralism); Themes (ideas that helped define intellectual work in the twentieth century, such as anti-Semitism, the avant-garde, everyday life, film theory, and nationalism); Intellectuals (including critical accounts of the lives and work of such figures as Aron, Barthes, de Beauvoir, Deleuze, Derrida, Foucault, Irigaray, Kristeva, Levinas, and Proust); and Dissemination (covering influential journals, television shows, radio programs, and newspapers)., With more than two hundred entries by leading intellectuals in the French- and English-speaking world, this new volume presents the authoritative guide to twentieth-century French thought. Unrivaled in its scope and depth, The Columbia History of Twentieth-Century French Thought covers and critiques the intellectual figures, movements, and publications that helped shape and define fields as diverse as history and historiography, psychoanalysis, film, literary theory, cognitive and life sciences, literary criticism, philosophy, and economics. The contributors also discuss developments in French thought on such subjects as pacifism, fashion, gastronomy, technology, and urbanism. More than just a reference volume, The Columbia History of Twentieth-Century French Thought offers original and imaginative explorations of a variety of topics. Contributors include prominent French thinkers, many of whom have played an integral role in the development of French thought, and American, British, and Canadian scholars who have been vital in the dissemination of French ideas. The book brings together such pairings as Etienne Balibar on Althusser; Jean Baudrillard on the futures of theory; Judith Butler on Hegel in France; Régis Debray on mediology; Julia Kristeva on Proust; Michael Morange on the life sciences; Paul Ricoeur on ethics; Elisabeth Roudinesco on psychoanalysis; and Roger Shattuck on humanisms. The book is divided into four parts: Movements and Currents (including all the major schools of thought, such as the Annales, deconstruction, Gaullism, négritude, the New Right, psychoanalysis, and structuralism); Themes (ideas that helped define intellectual work in the twentieth century, such as anti-Semitism, the avant-garde, everyday life, film theory, and nationalism); Intellectuals (including critical accounts of the lives and work of such figures as Aron, Barthes, de Beauvoir, Deleuze, Derrida, Foucault, Irigaray, Kristeva, Levinas, and Proust); and Dissemination (covering influential journals, television shows, radio programs, and newspapers)., Unrivaled in its scope and depth, "The Columbia History of Twentieth-Century French Thought" assesses the intellectual figures, movements, and publications that helped shape and define fields as diverse as history and historiography, psychoanalysis, film, literary theory, cognitive and life sciences, literary criticism, philosophy, and economics. More than two hundred entries by leading intellectuals discuss developments in French thought on such subjects as pacifism, fashion, gastronomy, technology, and urbanism. Contributors include prominent French thinkers, many of whom have played an integral role in the development of French thought, and American, British, and Canadian scholars who have been vital in the dissemination of French ideas.
LC Classification NumberDC33.7.C575 2005
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