The Years of Theory: Postwar French Thought to the Present by Fredric Jameson

Description: Fredric Jameson’s The Years of Theory introduces the major themes of French theory, including existentialism, structuralism, poststructuralism, semiotics, feminism, psychoanalysis, and Marxism. In a series of accessible lectures, Jameson places this effervescent period of thought in the context of its most significant political conjunctures, including the Liberation of Paris, the Algerian War, the uprisings of May ‘68, and the creation of the EU. The contentious philosophical debates of the period come to life as much through anecdotes as through extended readings of work by their participants, including Sartre, Beauvoir, Fanon, Barthes, Foucault, Althusser, Derrida, Deleuze, groups like Tel Quel and Cahiers du Cinéma, and contemporary thinkers like Rancière and Badiou. Drawing on a wide range of references and thinkers, Jameson’s seminar provides an essential account of an intellectual moment whose significance is compared to that of ancient Athenian philosophy, both situating it historically and revitalizing its central concerns for the present.

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EAN: 9781804295892

UPC: 9781804295892

ISBN: 9781804295892

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Book Title: Years of Theory : Lectures on Modern French Thought

Number of Pages: 480 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Verso Books

Item Height: 1.1 in

Publication Year: 2024

Topic: Movements / Post-Structuralism, Individual Philosophers, History & Theory, General

Genre: Philosophy, Political Science

Item Weight: 18.2 Oz

Item Length: 9.2 in

Author: Fredric Jameson

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback