The Wind from the East : : French Intellectuals, the Cultural Revolution, and the Legacy of the 1960s / / Richard Wolin.
Michel Foucault, Jean-Paul Sartre, Julia Kristeva, Phillipe Sollers, and Jean-Luc Godard. During the 1960s, a who's who of French thinkers, writers, and artists, spurred by China's Cultural Revolution, were seized with a fascination for Maoism. Combining a merciless exposé of left-wing pol...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (408 p.) :; 6 halftones. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prologue
- Introduction. The Maoist Temptation
- Part I. The Hour of Rebellion
- Chapter 1. Showdown at Bruay-en-Artois
- Chapter 2. France during the 1960s
- Chapter 3. May 1968: The Triumph of Libidinal Politics
- Chapter 4. Who Were the Maoists?
- Excursus. On the Sectarian Maoism of Alain Badiou
- Part 2. The Hour of the Intellectuals
- Introduction
- Chapter 5. Jean-Paul Sartre's Perfect Maoist Moment
- Chapter 6. Tel Quel in Cultural-Political Hell
- Chapter 7. Foucault and the Maoists: Biopolitics and Engagement
- Chapter 8. The Impossible Heritage: From Cultural Revolution to Associational Democracy
- Bibliography
- Index