Philosophy in Turbulent Times
Roudinesco, Elisabeth / McCuaig, William For Elisabeth Roudinesco, a historian of psychoanalysis and one of France's leading intellectuals, Canguilhem, Sartre, Foucault, Althusser, Deleuze, and Derrida represent a "great generation" of French philosophers who accomplished remarkable work and lived incredible lives. These troubled and innovative thinkers endured the turmoil of World War II and the cultural and political revolution of the sixties, and their cultural horizon was dominat...