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Book SynopsisConnecting French thinkers to the American sixties, The American Politics of French Theory demonstrates why, in an era of mass communication and global revolt, it is politically potent and methodologically necessary to think of translation not as an act of substitution, but as a web of associations.
Trade Review"Demers treats the relationship between French theory and American politics as associative and dynamic rather than as causal and linear. He writes deftly across cultures and established narratives, linking texts to politics both empirically and imaginatively – a difficult undertaking that involves managing an extensive secondary as well as primary literature." -- Carolyn J. Dean, Yale University *
H-France Review *
“Demers’ book provides a new and stimulating perspective on thinkers who, to many of us, have become all too familiar.” -- Michael C. Behrent, Appalachian State University *
Journal of Modern History *
Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: Margins, Rhizomes, Relays, and Conversation – Thinking Translation Associatively 1. Translating Margins: Paris–Derrida–New York, 1968 2. Translating Movement: Going Underground with Deleuze and Guattari I. Paris X New York with Jean-Jacques Lebel II. For the Movement of Columbia (from the Movement in Columbia) III. Becoming Allies. Becoming Women’s LibeRATion 3. Prison Liberation by Association: Michel Foucault and the George Jackson Atlantic 4. In Search of Common Ground: On Semiotext(e) and Schizo-Culture Conclusion: Disseminating Foreign Principles Works Cited Index
