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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewJanicaud shows himself to be a charming writer, and the English translation admirably conveys the clarity and deftness of his French prose into English. Indeed, one largely unsung quality of Janicaud's writings, be it this text or his more properly philosophical works, is his prose; combining clarity with wit, he is much more enjoyable to read than many of his contemporaries, and his translators are to be complemented for bringing those elements with them into the English translation.
* The Heythrop Journal *
In sum, this book is informed, interesting,well written, useful, and as accurate as it could have been for someone writing at a time when relevant documentation was being withheld by Heidegger's followers.
* American Historical Review *
Heidegger in France is a major contribution to the history of Continental philosophy and to French phenomenology. . . Essential.
* Choice *
Janicaud sheds light on the contemporary French philosophical scene and he has done this from an angle seldom seen by others. It is a lively story and reminds us that the life of ideas, the destiny of a thought, is an exciting matter.
* Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Translators' Introduction
Part I.
Introduction
1. First Crossings of the Rhine
2. The Sartre Bomb
3. Postwar Fascinations
4. Humanism in Turmoil
5. The Bright Spell of the '50s
6. Renewed Polemics, New Shifts
7. Dissemination or Reconstruction?
8. Death and Transfiguration?
9. The Letter and the Spirit
10. The Return of the Repressed?
11. Between Erudite Scholarship and Techno-Science
12. At the Crossroads
Conclusion
Part II. Interviews
Françoise Dastur: Interview of March 3, 2000
Jacques Derrida: Interviews from July 1 and November 22, 1999
Éliane Escoubas: Interview of October 19, 2000
Jean Greisch: Interview of December 2, 1999
Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe: Interview of June 22, 2000
Jean-Luc Marion: Interview of December 3, 1999
Jean-Luc Nancy: Interview of June 23, 2000
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
