Ian James 
The New French Philosophy 

This book gives a critical assessment of key developments in
contemporary French philosophy, highlighting the diverse ways in
which recent French thought has moved beyond the philosophical
positions and arguments which have been widely associated with the
terms ‘post-structuralism’ and ‘postmodernism’. These developments
are assessed through a close comparative reading of the work of
seven contemporary thinkers: Jean-Luc Marion, Jean-Luc Nancy,
Bernard Stiegler, Catherine Malabou, Jacques Rancière, Alain
Badiou and François Laruelle.

The book situates the writing of each philosopher in relation to
earlier traditions of French thought. In differing ways, these
philosophers decisively distance themselves from the linguistic
paradigm which dominated so much twentieth-century thought in order
to rethink philosophical conceptions of materiality, worldliness,
shared embodied existence and human agency or subjectivity. They
thereby open the way for a radical renewal of the claims,
possibilities and transformative power of philosophical thinking
itself.

This book will be an indispensable text for students of
philosophy and for anyone interested in current developments in
philosophy and social thought.

Table of Content

Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Demands of Thought

1 Jean-Luc Marion: Appearing and Givenness

2 Jean-Luc Nancy: The Infinity of Sense

3 Bernard Stiegler: The Time of Technics

4 Catherine Malabou: The Destiny of Form

5 Jacques Rancière: The Space of Equality

6 Alain Badiou: The Science of the Real

7 François Laruelle: Beginning with the One

Conclusion: The Technique of Thought

Notes

Bibliography

About the author

Ian James is university lecturer in the Department of French at the University of Cambridge.