Problems in Twentieth Century French Philosophy

by Mark G . E . Kelly (Editor), SeanBowden (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2019

  $146.41

  Read through the lens of a single key concept in 20^th century French philosophy, that of the `problem', this book relates the concept to specific thinkers and situates it in relation both to the wider history of philosophy and contemporary concerns.

  How exactly should the notion of problems be understood? What must a problem be in order to play this inaugurating role? Does the word problem have a univocal sense? What is at stake - theoretically, ethically, politically, institutionally - when philosophers use the word? This book addresses these and other questions; and is devoted to making historical and philosophical sense of the various uses and conceptualisations of notions of problems, problematics and problematisations in 20th century French thought. In the process, it augments our understanding of the philosophical programs of a number of recent French thinkers, reconfigures our perception of the history and wider stakes of 20th century French philosophy, and reveals the ongoing theoretical richness and critical potential of the notion of the problem and its cognates.

  Working through the 20^th century, and focussing on specific thinkers including Foucault and Deleuze, this book will be of interest to all scholars of French philosophy. This book was originally published as a special issue of Angelaki.