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4.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent book - where is the paperback? Where are the other reviews?,
By Charles Foster Kane (Who knows?) - See all my reviews
This review is from: From Revolution to Ethics: May 1968 and Contemporary French Thought (Hardcover)
I read this several years ago and was fascinated both by its thesis (that the French left underwent a shift in emphasis, from revolutionary attitudes - action - to focus on a moral or ethical imperative - principle) and the examples it used. It dwells on a number of fascinating thinkers and movements from the late 60s through the early 80s, with a lot of focus on Foucault and the anti-prison movement, Anti-Oedipus and the anti-psychiatry movement, and the sexual permissiveness which extended, quite controversially, into apologia for pedophilia at times (in which case the feminist wing of the left demonstrated its opposition to and difference from other streams on the left - an early sign of fragmentation in the sense of purpose achieved in May '68). A really thought-provoking book which deserves a paperback edition and, frankly, more reviews. I'm kind of amazed it's been so thoroughly overlooked.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A challenging new reading of '68,
By SF Reader (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: From Revolution to Ethics: May 1968 and Contemporary French Thought (Hardcover)
Julian Bourg offers a strikingly original reinterpretation of May 1968 and its legacy. Challenging and beautifully crafted, this is an outstanding piece of intellectual history. |
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From Revolution to Ethics: May 1968 and Contemporary French Thought by Julian Bourg (Hardcover - May 2007)
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