Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Jacob Collins identifies a uniquely defined anthropological current in 1970s French thought and shows how reflection on the so-called primitive served theorists' efforts to grapple with contemporaneous uncertainties. Stimulating and insightful,
The Anthropological Turn will be of interest to not only French and intellectual historians but also readers interested in political science, anthropology, and European ideas." * Julian Bourg, author of
From Revolution to Ethics: May 1968 and Contemporary French Thought *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: France in the 1970s and the Making of Political Anthropology
Chapter 1. Toward a White Nationalist Europe: The Archaic Fantasies of Alain de Benoist
Chapter 2. Marcel Gauchet and the Anthropology of the State
Chapter 3. Family Ties: The Anthropology of Emmanuel Todd and the Identity of France
Chapter 4. Tracking the Sacred: The Political Anthropology of Régis Debray
Conclusion
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
