{"product_id":"philosophy-in-turbulent-times-canguilhem-sartre-foucault-althusser-deleuze-derrida-paperback","title":"Philosophy in Turbulent Times: Canguilhem, Sartre, Foucault, Althusser, Deleuze, Derrida - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElisabeth Roudinesco\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam McCuaig\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Elisabeth Roudinesco, a historian of psychoanalysis and one of France's leading intellectuals, Canguilhem, Sartre, Foucault, Althusser, Deleuze, and Derrida represent a \"great generation\" of French philosophers who accomplished remarkable work and lived incredible lives. These troubled and innovative thinkers endured World War II and the cultural and political revolution of the 1960s, and their cultural horizon was dominated by Marxism and psychoanalysis, though they were by no means strict adherents to the doctrines of Marx and Freud. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRoudinesco knew many of these intellectuals personally, and she weaves an account of their thought through lived experience and reminiscences. Canguilhem, for example, was a distinguished philosopher of science who had a great influence on Foucault's exploration of sanity and madness-themes Althusser lived in a notorious personal drama. And in dramatizing the life of Freud for the screen, Sartre fundamentally altered his own philosophical approach to psychoanalysis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRoudinesco launches a passionate defense of Canguilhem, Sartre, Foucault, Althusser, Deleuze, and Derrida against the \"new philosophers\" of the late 1970s and 1980s, who denounced the work-and sometimes the private lives-of this great generation. Roudinesco refutes attempts to tar them, as well as the Marxist and left-wing tradition in general, with the brush of Soviet-style communism. In Freudian theory and the philosophy of radical commitment, she sees a bulwark against the kind of manipulative, pill-prescribing, and normalizing psychology that aims to turn individuals into mindless consumers. Intense, clever, and persuasive, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy in Turbulent Times\u003c\/i\u003e captivates with the dynamism of French thought in the twentieth century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eElisabeth Roudinesco is director of research at the University of Paris and director of studies at the École Pratique des Hautes-Etudes, Sorbonne. She is the author of a number of critically acclaimed works, including Columbia University Press's \u003ci\u003eJacques Lacan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhy Psychoanalysis?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWilliam McCuaig is most recently the translator of Gianni Vattimo's \u003ci\u003eThe Vocation and Responsibility of the Philosopher\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45302030008422,"sku":"9780231143011","price":59.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/UW5ZNnFmN1dOVmpGK3hTTXBQU0dodz09.webp?v=1773985831","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/philosophy-in-turbulent-times-canguilhem-sartre-foucault-althusser-deleuze-derrida-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}