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The American politics of French theory : Derrida, Deleuze, Guattari, and Foucault in translation

Demers, Jason, author

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\"Working 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.\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Subject: Translating and interpreting Political aspects United States. / Translating and interpreting Philosophy.
• ISBN: 1487504489, 9781487504489

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
P306.97.P65 D46 2019	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE