Modern French Philosophy: From Existentialism to Postmodernism - Wicks, Robert
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From Dadaisk to May'68 and beyond, this indispensable companion provides not only an overview of one of the most intellectually fertile periods of European history, but also a substantial insight into the diverse minds behind modern French philosophy. In a carefully strutured and accessible manner, Robert Wicks presents concise accounts of individual philosophers both famous and less well-known, past and present, introducing their major works and explaining their impact on their peers and the wider world. Covering the movements which define the last 100 years of French thought, from Surrealism…mehr

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From Dadaisk to May'68 and beyond, this indispensable companion provides not only an overview of one of the most intellectually fertile periods of European history, but also a substantial insight into the diverse minds behind modern French philosophy. In a carefully strutured and accessible manner, Robert Wicks presents concise accounts of individual philosophers both famous and less well-known, past and present, introducing their major works and explaining their impact on their peers and the wider world. Covering the movements which define the last 100 years of French thought, from Surrealism to Struturalism and the intricacies of Psotmodernism, this handbook features such key French thinkers as: Henri Bergson, Teilhard de Chardin, Saussure, Sartre, Camus, Cioran, Levi- Strauss, Lacan, Barthes, Derrida, Foucault, Lyotard, Irigaray, Deleuze, Baudrillard. Lucid, authoritative and detailed, this is an essential resource not only for students of philosophy , but also for all those interested in the fascinating intellectual landscape that characterises twentieth and twenty-first century France.
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Robert Wicks is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Auckland, new Zealand. He specialises in Continental European philosophy and philosophical aesthetics, and has published both books and articles in these areas, including 'Nietzsche' (Oneworld 2002).