Nietzsche's French Legacy - A Genealogy of Poststructuralism (Paperback)

More than any other figure, Friedrich Nietzsche is cited as the philosopher who anticipates and previews the philosophical themes that have dominated French theory since structuralism. Informed by the latest developments in both contemporary French philosophy and Nietzsche scholarship, Alan Schrift's "Nietzsche's French Legacy" provides a detailed examination and analysis of the way the French have appropriated Nietzsche in developing their own critical projects.
Using Nietzsche's thought as a springboard, this study makes accessible the ideas of some of the most important and difficult of contemporary French poststructuralist theorists including Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault and Helene Cixous. Through a careful analysis and close reading of the texts of Nietzsche and French poststructuralism, Schrift illuminates the ways in which Nietzsche's thought prefigures certain poststructuralist motifs. He demonstrates how several dominant themes in contemporary French philosophy emerge out of Nietzsche's own thinking. As one of the first books to critically examine the work of the new French anti-Nietzschean's, Schrift defends the value of poststructuralism and Nietzsche as critical resources for confronting the present.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 1995
First published:	1995
Authors:	Alan Schrift
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	250
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-91147-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-91147-8
Barcode:	9780415911474

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