French Women Philosophers: A Contemporary Reader
Monday, June 20th, 2011French Women Philosophers: A Contemporary Reader
This reader is the first of its kind to present the work of leading French women philosophers to an English-speaking audience. Many of the articles appear for the first time in English and have been specially translated for the collection. Christina Howells draws on major areas of philosophical and theoretical debate including Ethics, Psychoanalysis, Law, Politics, History, Science and Rationality. Each section and article is clearly introduced and situated in its intellectual context. The book
Elie During and Patrice Maniglier There has been considerable philosophical interest in cinema in recent years, but philosophers still tend too often to view movies as mere illustrations of existing ideas. However, 20th century French philosophers, including Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Rancière and Alain Badiou, who have used cinema to create and experiment with genuinely new ideas. Elie During and Patrice Maniglier rely on these groundbreaking philosophers to explore how cinema helps us reconsider the very nature of time and question the relationship between past and present. Elie During is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris Ouest-Nanterre. Patrice Maniglier is a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Essex in the UK.
