The Mediocracy: French Philosophy Since the Mid-1970s

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Author/Contributor(s): Lecourt, Dominique; Elliott, Gregory Publisher: Verso Date: 11/17/2002 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW Generating great controversy on its publication in F rance, The Mediocracy argues that a veritable counter-revolution in intellectual life has seen the period of the ‘master thinkers’ of the 1960s succeeded by an era of generalized mediocrity. Where Althusser or Lacan, Foucault or Derrida once held centre stage, today restorationist currents prevail in academia and on television. Fuelled by a complaisant media, contemporary French ideology seeks neither to interpret nor change the world, but is instead content to legitimise a globally hegemonic neo-liberalism. Show more