The Era of the Individual: A Contribution to a History of Subjectivity

by Alain Renaut

Book Overview

With the publication of French Philosophy of the Sixties , Alain Renaut and Luc Ferry in 1985 launched their famous critique against canonical figures such as Foucault, Derrida, and Lacan, bringing under rigorous scrutiny the entire post-structuralist project that had dominated Western intellectual life for over two decades. Their goal was to defend the accomplishments of liberal democracy, particularly in terms of basic human rights, and to trace...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691006377
• ISBN13: 9780691006376
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.8" x 10.0"