{"product_id":"why-there-is-no-poststructuralism-in-france-the-making-of-an-intellectual-generation-9781350094475","title":"Why There Is No Poststructuralism in France: The Making of an Intellectual Generation","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Johannes Angermuller\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Movements - Structuralism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrench thinkers such as Lacan and Derrida are often labelled as representatives of 'poststructuralism' in the Anglophone world. However in France, where their work originated, they use no such category; this group of theorists - 'the poststructuralists' - were never perceived as a coherent intellectual group or movement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Outlining the institutional contexts, affinities, and rivalries of, among others, Althusser, Barthes, Foucault, Irigaray, and Kristeva, Angermuller - drawing from Bourdieu's concepts of cultural capital and the academic field - insightfully explores post-structuralism as a phenomenon. By tracing the evolution of the French intellectual field after the war, \u003ci\u003eWhy There is No Poststructuralism in France\u003c\/i\u003e places French Theory both in the specific material conditions of its production and the social and historical contexts of its reception, accounting for a particularly creative moment in French intellectual life which continues to inform the theoretical imaginary of our time.","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45088418136215,"sku":"9781350094475","price":4575.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781350094475.webp?v=1767099117","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/why-there-is-no-poststructuralism-in-france-the-making-of-an-intellectual-generation-9781350094475","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}