Encyclopedia of modern French thought
By: Christopher John Murray, editor.
Contributors: Murray, Christopher John.
Publisher: Fitzroy Dearborn
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 713
Subjects: France -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Encyclopedias; France -- Civilization -- 20th century -- Encyclopedias
Genres: Encyclopedias.
Other titles: Modern French though
Description: This work covers not only philosophy, but also all the other major disciplines, including literary theory, sociology, linguistics, political thought, theology, and more. The 240 analytical entries examine individuals such as Bergson, Durkheim, Mauss, Sartre, Beauvoir, Foucault, Levi-Strauss, Lacan, Kristeva, and Derrida; specific disciplines such as the arts, anthropology, historiography, psychology, and sociology; key beliefs and methodologies such as Catholicism, deconstruction, feminism, Marxism, and phenomenology; themes and concepts such as freedom, language, media, and sexuality; and istorical, political, social, and intellectual context. --From publisher's decription.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.