The Mediocracy: French Philosophy Since the Mid-1970s

Generating great controversy on its publication in France, 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.

Author: Dominique Lecourt
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Verso
Published: 11/17/2002
Series: French Philosophy Since the Mid-1970s
Pages: 258
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 7.21h x 4.98w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9781859844304
Revised Edition