After the Deluge: New Perspectives on the Intellectual and Cultural History of Postwar France

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Motivated by a desire to narrate and contextualize the deluge of French theory, After the Deluege showcases recent work by today's brightest scholars of French intellectual history that historicizes key debates, figures, and turning points in the postwar era of French thought.

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American historians have neglected the study of postwar French intellectual and cultural life for nearly twenty years. . . . This book is a breath of fresh air. I couldn't let go of it. -- Marie-Pierre Le Hir, Professor and Chair, Department of French and Italian, University of Arizona
After the Deluge promises to be an important book in the field of French and Francophone Studies. -- Aurelian Craiutu, Indiana University, Bloomington, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
a valuable work and a useful read. * H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online *
Instead, the book is successful in presenting an alternative picture of the postwar French intellectual landscape, rich in details and carefully researched. -- Stephanie B. Martens, University of Alberta * H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online *
These essays will challenge preconceptions and offer new vantage points from which to assess contemporary French thought. Recommended. * Choice Reviews *

Author Bio

Julian Bourg is Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis.