The wind from the east [electronic resource] : French intellectuals, the cultural revolution, and the legacy of the 1960s / Richard Wolin.

Author/Creator:

Wolin, Richard, author.

Edition:

Second edition.

Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource.

Subjects:

France -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Influence.
Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976 -- Influence.
Intellectuals -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Intellectuals -- Political activity -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Communism -- France -- History -- 20th century.

Contents:

Part I. The hour of rebellion. Showdown at Bruay-en-Artois
France during the 1960s
May 1968 : the triumph of libidinal politics
Who were the Maoists?
Excursus : on the sectarian Maoism of Alain Badiou
Part II. The hour of the intellectuals. Jean-Paul Sartre's perfect Maoist moment
Tel quel in cultural-political hell
Foucault and the Maoists : biopolitics and engagement
The impossible heritage : from cultural revolution to associational democracy.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed October 25, 2017).
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
JSTOR (Online Service)

ISBN:

9781400888443
1400888441
9780691178233

Publisher Number:

99977127859

Web link:

The Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund Home Page

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Online:

Connect to full text
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/2238025

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