One of the preeminient political philosophers of the 20th century makes a compelling argument for the political cogency of literary writing in this book which among to his intellectual autobiography and an introduction to his work. "Many people have become painfully aware of the detachment of a 'worldless textualism' from anything resembling political reality, a reality to be distinguished from grandiose political pronouncements. Lefort's "Writing" offers a philosophical reflection deeply embeded within the political."--Bernard Flynn, New School for Social Research
One of the preeminient political philosophers of the 20th century makes a compelling argument for the political cogency of literary writing in this book which among to his intellectual autobiography and an introduction to his work."Many people have become painfully aware of the detachment of a 'worldless textualism' from anything resembling political reality, a reality to be distinguished from grandiose political pronouncements. Lefort's "Writing" offers a philosophical reflection deeply embeded within the political."--Bernard Flynn, New School for Social Research
Claude Lefort is the Director of Studies Emeritus at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. He was formerly a Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and a Professor at the University of SÃo Paolo in Brazil, at the Sorbonne, and at the University of Caen. A former student and collaborator of the French phenomenologist Maurice Mereleau-Ponty, Lefort was a cofounder of Socialisme ou Barbarie. David Ames Curtis is a freelance translator, editor, and writer who was nominated for the French-American Foundation Translation Prize in 1996.
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Translator's Foreword vii Author's Preface xxxix The Interposed Body: George Orwell's Ninetenn Eighty-Four 1 Humanism and Anti-Humanism: Homage to Salman Rushdie 20 Tocqueville: Democracy and the Art of Writing 35 An Exploration of the Flesh of the Social: Note on Democracy in America 35 A Thinkng of Contraries: Note on The Old Regime and the Revolution 49 Sade: The Boudoir and the City 67 Guizot: Polemical LIberalism 85 Machiavelli and the Verita Effetuale 109 The Idea of Humanity and the Project of Universal Peace 142 The Revolution as New Religion 159 Three Notes on Leo Strauss 172 Dialogue with Pierre Clastres 207 Philospher? 236 Reflections on the Present 252 Decomposition of Totalitarianism 252 Rebirth of Democracy 256 The Test of Truth 273 Index 281
Translator's Foreword vii Author's Preface xxxix The Interposed Body: George Orwell's Ninetenn Eighty-Four 1 Humanism and Anti-Humanism: Homage to Salman Rushdie 20 Tocqueville: Democracy and the Art of Writing 35 An Exploration of the Flesh of the Social: Note on Democracy in America 35 A Thinkng of Contraries: Note on The Old Regime and the Revolution 49 Sade: The Boudoir and the City 67 Guizot: Polemical LIberalism 85 Machiavelli and the Verita Effetuale 109 The Idea of Humanity and the Project of Universal Peace 142 The Revolution as New Religion 159 Three Notes on Leo Strauss 172 Dialogue with Pierre Clastres 207 Philospher? 236 Reflections on the Present 252 Decomposition of Totalitarianism 252 Rebirth of Democracy 256 The Test of Truth 273 Index 281
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