This is a thorough and balanced guide to modern French philosophical thought, providing lucid, authoritative accounts of famous philosophers whilst also highlighting lesser-known figures. Author Robert Wicks introduces the major works of each philosopher, explaining their impact on their peers and on the wider world. Covering such major movements as Existentialism, Surrealism, Structuralism and Postmodernism, this handbook is a useful resource for Francophiles, students of philosophy and all those interested in the intellectual landscape of 20th- and 21st-century France. The book includes detailed coverage of such philosophers as Henri Bergson, Beauvoir, Sarte, Camus, Barthes, Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze and Levi-Strauss, among others.
- ISBN10 1282093169
- ISBN13 9781282093164
- Publish Date 1 January 2013 (first published 1 June 2003)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 14 April 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint ONEWorld Publications
- Format eBook
- Pages 342
- Language English