The wind from the east
Subtitle: French intellectuals, the cultural revolution, and the legacy of the 1960s
By: Richard Wolin.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780691129983
Subjects: Mao, Zedong, -- 1893-1976 -- Influence; Intellectuals -- France -- History -- 20th century; Intellectuals -- France -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century; Communism -- France -- History -- 20th century; France -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Influence
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. The hour of rebellion; title: Showdown at Bruay-en-Artois; title: France during the 1960s; title: May '68 : the triumph of libidinal politics; title: Who were the Maoists?; title: Excursus : the sectarian Maoism of Alain Badiou; title: Part 2. The hour of the intellectuals; title: Jean-Paul Sartre's perfect Maoist moment; title: Tel quel in cultural-political hell; title: Foucault and the Maoists : biopolitics and engagement; title: The impossible heritage : from cultural revolution to associational democracy.