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" . . . an exceptionally fine text - one that could only have been
written by an author mercifully free, for whatever reason of the
phobias and philias about French intellectual life of previous
generations." - New Left Review "This book is clearly an
indispensable resource for historians of twentieth-century France
and French intellectual life, and a fine resource for anyone
interested in a political sociology of the intellectual. Its
fundamental thesis concerning the political sources of the
antitotalitarian moment in the discourse of direct democracy and
the electoral opposition to the PCF is largely persuasive-and a
welcome antidote to the many distortions that obscure this key
reactive shift." - Radical Philosophy "I learned an enormous amount
from your first-rate contribution. It is a very exciting and
intelligent piece of work . . . very impressive." - Michael Seidman
In the latter half of the 1970s, the French intellectual Left
denounced communism, Marxism, and revolutionary politics through a
critique of left-wing totalitarianism that paved the way for
today's postmodern, liberal, and moderate republican political
options. Contrary to the dominant understanding of the critique of
totalitarianism as an abrupt rupture induced by Aleksandr
Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, Christofferson argues that
French anti-totalitarianism was the culmination of
direct-democratic critiques of communism and revisions of the
revolutionary project after 1956. The author's focus on the
direct-democratic politics of French intellectuals offers an
important alternative to recent histories that seek to explain the
course of French intellectual politics by France's apparent lack of
a liberal tradition. Michael Scott Christofferson was educated at
Carleton College and Columbia University. He currently is Assistant
Professor of History at the Pennsylvania State University, Erie and
lives in the Cleveland, Ohio.
In the latter half of the 1970s, the French intellectual Left
denounced communism, Marxism, and revolutionary politics through a
critique of left-wing totalitarianism that paved the way for
today's postmodern, liberal, and moderate republican political
options. Contrary to the dominant understanding of the critique of
totalitarianism as an abrupt rupture induced by Aleksandr
Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, Christofferson argues that
French anti-totalitarianism was the culmination of
direct-democratic critiques of communism and revisions of the
revolutionary project after 1956. The author's focus on the
direct-democratic politics of French intellectuals offers an
important alternative to recent histories that seek to explain the
course of French intellectual politics by France's apparent lack of
a liberal tradition.
Madame de Pompadour's famous quip, "Apres nous, le deluge," serves
as fitting inspiration for this lively discussion of postwar French
intellectual and cultural life. Over the past thirty years, North
American and European scholarship has been significantly
transformed by the absorption of poststructuralist and
postmodernist theories from French thinkers. But Julian Bourg's
seamlessly edited volume proves that, historically speaking, French
intellecutal and cultural life since World War Two has involved
much more than a few infamous figures and concepts. Motivated by a
desire to narrate and contextualize the deluge of "French theory,"
After the Deluge showcases recent work by today's brightest
scholars of French intellectual history that historicizes key
debates, figures, and turning points in the postwar era of French
thought. Relying on primary and archival sources, contributors
examine, among other themes: left-wing critiques of the Left, the
internationalizing of thought, the institutional and affective
conditions of cultural life, and the religious imagination. They
revive neglected debates and figures, and they explore the larger
impact of political quarrels. In an afterword, preeminent French
historian Francois Dosse heralds the arrival of a new generation, a
historiographical sensibility that brings fresh, original
perspectives and a passion for French history to the contemporary
French intellectual arena. After the Deluge adds significant depth
and breadth to our understanding of postwar French intellectual and
cultural history.
Madame de Pompadour's famous quip, 'Apr_s nous, le deluge,' serves
as fitting inspiration for this lively discussion of postwar French
intellectual and cultural life. Over the past thirty years, North
American and European scholarship has been significantly
transformed by the absorption of poststructuralist and
postmodernist theories from French thinkers. But Julian Bourg's
seamlessly edited volume proves that, historically speaking, French
intellecutal and cultural life since World War Two has involved
much more than a few infamous figures and concepts. Motivated by a
desire to narrate and contextualize the deluge of 'French theory,'
After the Deluge showcases recent work by today's brightest
scholars of French intellectual history that historicizes key
debates, figures, and turning points in the postwar era of French
thought. Relying on primary and archival sources, contributors
examine, among other themes: left-wing critiques of the Left, the
internationalizing of thought, the institutional and affective
conditions of cultural life, and the religious imagination. They
revive neglected debates and figures, and they explore the larger
impact of political quarrels. In an afterword, preeminent French
historian Fran_ois Dosse heralds the arrival of a new generation, a
historiographical sensibility that brings fresh, original
perspectives and a passion for French history to the contemporary
French intellectual arena. After the Deluge adds significant depth
and breadth to our understanding of postwar French intellectual and
cultural history.
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