{"product_id":"the-mediocracy-french-philosophy-since-the-mid-1970s-paperback","title":"The Mediocracy: French Philosophy Since the Mid-1970s - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDominique Lecourt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGregory Elliott\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenerating 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDefending and contrasting the common critical project to which Althusser, Foucault, and others were committed before and after 1968 with the philosophical impostures and political abdications of the present, Lecourt calls for a resumption of the traditions that made Paris the post-war intellectual capital of Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDominique Lecourt\u003c\/b\u003e was a pupil of Louis Althusser and Jacques Derrida at the Ecole Normal Superieure in the 1960s. Now Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VII, his publications in English include \u003ci\u003eMarxism and Epistemology\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eProletarian Science?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory Elliott\u003c\/b\u003e is a member of the editorial collective of Radical Philosophy and author of \u003ci\u003eAlthusser: The Detour of Theory\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLabourism and the English Genius: The Strange Decay of Labour England?\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 258\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 7.21 x 4.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 10, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42107873886343,"sku":"9781859844304","price":28.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/f2b78ae2c47f4423ce655ae6fb1ed567.webp?v=1732460526","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-mediocracy-french-philosophy-since-the-mid-1970s-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}