{"product_id":"the-visual-world-of-french-sarah-wilson-9780300162813","title":"The Visual World of French Theory: Figurations","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis revelatory book focuses on a remarkable series of encounters between the most prominent French philosophers of the 1960s and 1970s--Sartre, Deleuze, Bourdieu, and Foucault among them--and the artists of their times, most particularly the protagonists of the Narrative Figuration movement. Each encounter involved either a mutual engagement or the writing of critical texts or catalogue prefaces--texts that illuminate not only the work of the artists but also the production of the philosopher-writer concerned. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the protagonists of \"French theory\" are universally known and studied, their thought is presented without a sense of contiguity, chronology, or context in translation, while the artists with whom they engaged are virtually unknown outside the French-speaking world. This account restores the lived context of artistic production. What Bourdieu called \"cultural competence\" is seen to be essential for these particular philosophers, and Sarah Wilson shows that it is through them that the figurative art of 1970s France can be introduced to the audience it deserves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300162812\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300162813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.44h x 7.74w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2011\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarah Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46795626021119,"sku":"9780300162813","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f00fbbe3-4e73-48d9-b827-45200ab7c083.jpg?v=1744948179","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-visual-world-of-french-sarah-wilson-9780300162813","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}