Thinking the impossible : French philosophy since 1960
Gutting, GaryAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2011.
The late twentieth century saw a remarkable flourishing of philosophy in France. The author tells the story of the development of a distinctively French philosophy in the last four decades of the twentieth century. His aim is to arrive at an account of what it was to 'do philosophy' in France, what this sort of philosophising was able to achieve, and how it differs from the analytic philosophy dominant in Anglophone countries.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The late twentieth century saw a remarkable flourishing of philosophy in France. The author tells the story of the development of a distinctively French philosophy in the last four decades of the twentieth century. His aim is to arrive at an account of what it was to 'do philosophy' in France, what this sort of philosophising was able to achieve, and how it differs from the analytic philosophy dominant in Anglophone countries.
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Philosophy, French
Philosophers
Philosophy & Religion
Philosophy