The American Politics of French Theory
Derrida, Deleuze, Guattari, and Foucault in Translation
Seiten
2018
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
9781487504489 (ISBN)
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
9781487504489 (ISBN)
Connecting French thinkers to the American sixties, The American Politics of French Theory demonstrates why, in an era of mass communication and global revolt, it is politically potent and methodologically necessary to think of translation not as an act of substitution, but as a web of associations.
Working from the premise that May ‘68 is a shorthand that delimits an intensive decade of global revolt, Jason Demers documents the cross-pollination of French philosophy, international activist movements, and American countercultures. From the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and George Jackson to the revolt at Columbia University, the 1968 Democratic National Convention, Woodstock, and the Weather Underground, Demers writes French theory into a constellation of American events and icons uncontained by national borders.
More than a compelling new take on the history of theory, The American Politics of French Theory develops concepts gleaned from the work of Derrida, Deleuze, Guattari, and Foucault, providing new tools for thinking about translation, theory, and politics. By recontextualizing "French theory" within a complex fabric of mass communication and global revolt, Demers demonstrates why it is politically potent and methodologically necessary to think of translation associatively.
Working from the premise that May ‘68 is a shorthand that delimits an intensive decade of global revolt, Jason Demers documents the cross-pollination of French philosophy, international activist movements, and American countercultures. From the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and George Jackson to the revolt at Columbia University, the 1968 Democratic National Convention, Woodstock, and the Weather Underground, Demers writes French theory into a constellation of American events and icons uncontained by national borders.
More than a compelling new take on the history of theory, The American Politics of French Theory develops concepts gleaned from the work of Derrida, Deleuze, Guattari, and Foucault, providing new tools for thinking about translation, theory, and politics. By recontextualizing "French theory" within a complex fabric of mass communication and global revolt, Demers demonstrates why it is politically potent and methodologically necessary to think of translation associatively.
Jason Demers is an instructor in the Department of English at the University of Regina.
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Margins, Rhizomes, Relays, and Conversation – Thinking Translation Associatively
1. Translating Margins: Paris–Derrida–New York, 1968
2. Translating Movement: Going Underground with Deleuze and Guattari
I. Paris X New York with Jean-Jacques Lebel
II. For the Movement of Columbia (from the Movement in Columbia)
III. Becoming Allies. Becoming Women’s LibeRATion
3. Prison Liberation by Association: Michel Foucault and the George Jackson Atlantic
4. In Search of Common Ground: On Semiotext(e) and Schizo-Culture
Conclusion: Disseminating Foreign Principles
Works Cited
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.02.2019 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cultural Spaces |
| Zusatzinfo | 7 b&w illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Toronto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 231 mm |
| Gewicht | 480 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit |
| ISBN-13 | 9781487504489 / 9781487504489 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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