Sentimental Empiricism: Politics, Philosophy, and Criticism in Postwar France

by Davide Panagia

Sentimental Empiricism reconsiders the legacy of eighteenth and nineteenth century empiricism and moral sentimentalism for the intellectual formation of the generation of postwar French thinkers whose work came to dominate Anglophone conversations across the humanities under the guise of "French theory." Panagia's book first shows what was missed in the reception of this literature in the Anglophone academy by attending to how France's pedagogical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1531506712
• ISBN13: 9781531506711
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"