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Magisterial lectures on the major figures of French theory from ‘America\u2019s leading Marxist critic’<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fredric Jameson introduces here the major themes of French theory: 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 \u201968, and the creation of the EU. Verso<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 480 pages \/ October 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The philosophical debates of the period come to life through anecdotes and extended readings of work by the likes of Sartre, Beauvoir, Fanon, Barthes, Foucault, Althusser, Derrida, Deleuze, groups like Tel Quel and Cahiers du Cin\u00e9ma<\/em>, and contemporary thinkers such as Ranci\u00e8re and Badiou. Eclectic, insightful, and inspired, Jameson\u2019s seminars provide an essential account of an intellectual moment comparable in significance to the Golden Age of Athens, historically fascinating and of persistent relevance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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