Intermittency the concept of historical reason in recent French philosophy / Andrew Gibson.

Author/creator Gibson, Andrew, 1949-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoEdinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,
Descriptionxvii, 326 p. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Philosophy, French--20th century.

Contents Foreword / Jean-Jacques Lecercle -- Introduction -- The logic of intermittency: Alain Badiou -- Sporadic modernity: Franc̜oise Proust -- A counter-phenomenology of Spirit: Christian Jambet -- Alternates Indépassables: Guy Lardeau -- Intermittency and melancholy: Jacques Rancière -- Conclusion: Prolegomena to a critical synthesis.
Abstract "Andrew Gibson engages with five recent and contemporary French philosophers, Badiou, Jambet, Lardreau, Franc̜oise Proust and Rancière, who each produce a post-Hegelian philosophy of history founded on an assertion of the intermittency of historical value. Gibson explores this 'anti-schematics of historical reason' and its implication for politics, ethics and aesthetics in a wide range of modern intellectual contexts, finding its necessary complement and most powerful expression in a wealth of modern art, chiefly modern literature. The result is a sustained reflection on the possible character of a contemporary philosophy of history and an important contribution to our knowledge of contemporary French philosophy."--Publisher's website.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 294-316) and index.
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