Intermittency: The Concept of Historical Reason in Recent French Philosophy

By Andrew Gibson

Stoking the embers of French Hegelianism, this book looks at five recent and contemporary French philosophers: Badiou, Jambet, Lardreau, Fran oise Proust and Ranci re. Each produces a post-Hegelian philosophy of history founded on an assertion of the intermittency of historical value.* a sustained reflection on the character of a contemporary philosophy of history* a new and timely theory of modernity, modern literature and artKey words: Badiou; Ranci re; Fran oise Proust; Jambet; Lardreau; modern literature; post-Marxism; intermittency; contemporary political thought; French philosophy.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748637575
• ISBN13: 9780748637577
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher