{"product_id":"contemporary-french-philosophy-caroline-williams-9780826479228","title":"Contemporary French Philosophy","description":"\"Caroline Williams marks what is distinctive about 20th Century French philosophy's interrogation of the subject and demonstrates its historical continuity in a lucid, balanced and utterly convincing way.\"\u003cbr\u003eDavid Wood, Vanderbilt University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrench philosophy and cultural theory continue to hold a prestigious and influential position in European thought. One of the central themes of contemporary French philosophy is its concern with the theoretical and political status of the subject, a question which has been broached by structuralists and poststructuralists through an analysis of the construction of the subject in and by language, discourse, power and ideology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContemporary French Philosophy outlines the construction of the subject in modern philosophy, focusing in particular on the seminal work of Althusser, Lacan, Derrida and Foucault. The book interrogates some of the most influential perspectives on the question of the subject to contest those postmodern voices which announce its disappearance or death. It argues instead that the question of the subject persists, even in those perspectives which seek to abandon it altogether.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProviding a broad introduction to the field and an original analysis of some of the most influential theorists of the 20th century, the book will be of great interest to political and literary theorists, cultural historians, as well as to philosophers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caroline Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826479227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826479228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 7.00w x 0.83d","brand":"Caroline Williams","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47425090519295,"sku":"9780826479228","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_949e9e86-043b-49f0-89b2-3bb634eea075.jpg?v=1761536947","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contemporary-french-philosophy-caroline-williams-9780826479228","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}