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OverviewWorking from the premise that May '68 is a shorthand that delimits an intensive decade of global revolt, Jason Demers documents the cross-pollination of French philosophy, international activist movements, and American countercultures. From the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr.and George Jackson to the revolt at Columbia University, the 1968 Democratic National Convention, Woodstock, and the Weather Underground, Demers writes French theory into a constellation of American events and icons uncontained by national borders. More than a compelling new take on the history of theory, The American Politics of French Theory develops concepts gleaned from the work of Derrida, Deleuze, Guattari, and Foucault, providing new tools for thinking about translation, theory, and politics. By recontextualizing ""French theory"" within a complex fabric of mass communication and global revolt, Demers demonstrates why it is politically potent and methodologically necessary to think of translation associatively. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jason DemersPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.480kg ISBN: 9781487504489ISBN 10: 1487504489 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 06 December 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsDemers treats the relationship between French theory and American politics as associative and dynamic rather than as causal and linear. He writes deftly across cultures and established narratives, linking texts to politics both empirically and imaginatively - a difficult undertaking that involves managing an extensive secondary as well as primary literature. -- Carolyn J. Dean, Yale University * <EM>H-France Review</EM> * ""Demers treats the relationship between French theory and American politics as associative and dynamic rather than as causal and linear. He writes deftly across cultures and established narratives, linking texts to politics both empirically and imaginatively – a difficult undertaking that involves managing an extensive secondary as well as primary literature."" -- Carolyn J. Dean, Yale University * <EM>H-France Review</EM> * “Demers’ book provides a new and stimulating perspective on thinkers who, to many of us, have become all too familiar.” -- Michael C. Behrent, Appalachian State University * <em>Journal of Modern History</em> * Author InformationJason Demers is an instructor in the Department of English at the University of Regina. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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