Maurice Blanchot is a towering yet enigmatic figure in twentieth-century French thought. A lifelong friend of Levinas, he had a major influence on Foucault, Derrida, Nancy, and many others. Both his fiction and his criticism played a determining role in how postwar French philosophy was written, especially in its intense concern with the question of writing as such. Never an academic, he published most of his critical work in periodicals and led a highly private life. Yet his writing included an often underestimated public and political dimension.
This posthumously published volume collects his political writings from 1953 to 1993, from the French-Algerian War and the mass movements of May 1968 to postwar debates about the Shoah and beyond. A large number of the essays, letters, and fragments it contains were written anonymously and signed collectively, often in response to current events. The extensive editorial work done for the original French edition makes a major contribution to our understanding of Blanchot’s work.
The political stances Blanchot adopts are always complicated by the possibility that political thought remains forever to be discovered. He reminds us throughout his writings both how facile and how hard it is to refuse established forms of authority.
The topics he addresses range from the right to insubordination in the French-Algerian War to the construction of the Berlin Wall and repression in Eastern Europe; from the mass movements of 1968 to personal responses to revelations about Heidegger, Levinas, and Robert Antelme, among others.
When read together, these pieces form a testament to what political writing could be: not merely writing about the political or politicizing the written word, but unalterably transforming the singular authority of the writer and his signature.
Cet ouvrage, publié dans le cadre d'un programme d'aide à la publication bénéficie du soutien financier du ministère des Affaires étrangès et du Service culturel de l'ambassade de France aux Etats-Unis, ainsi que de l'appui de FACE (French American Cultural Exchange).
This work, published as part of a program providing publication assistance, received financial support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States and FACE (French American Cultural Exchange).
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Maurice Blanchot's leftist political writings are a major testament to this
writer's perspicacity, independence and honor. His writings from the 1968
revolution are among the most piercing political tracts ever written, and
the entire collection is an invaluable document for anyone working in French literary and political history of the last century.
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Book Description Condition: New. Maurice Blanchot is a towering yet enigmatic figure in twentieth-century French thought. Both his fiction and his criticism played a determining role in how postwar French philosophy was written, especially in its intense concern with the question of writing as such. This volume collects his political writings from 1953 to 1993. Translator(s): Paul, Zakir. Series: French Voices. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 531. . 2010. Hardback. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780823229970
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Book Description Condition: New. Maurice Blanchot is a towering yet enigmatic figure in twentieth-century French thought. Both his fiction and his criticism played a determining role in how postwar French philosophy was written, especially in its intense concern with the question of writing as such. This volume collects his political writings from 1953 to 1993. Translator(s): Paul, Zakir. Series: French Voices. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 531. . 2010. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780823229970