{"product_id":"9781487504489","title":"American Politics of French Theory","description":"Author: Jason Demers\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781487504489\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 06 Dec 2018\u003cbr\u003ePages: 232 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorking from the premise that May '68 is a shorthand that delimits an intensive decade of global revolt, Jason Demers documents the cross-pollination of French philosophy, international activist movements, and American countercultures. From the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr.and George Jackson to the revolt at Columbia University, the 1968 Democratic National Convention, Woodstock, and the Weather Underground, Demers writes French theory into a constellation of American events and icons uncontained by national borders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than a compelling new take on the history of theory, \u003ci\u003eThe American Politics of French Theory\u003c\/i\u003e develops concepts gleaned from the work of Derrida, Deleuze, Guattari, and Foucault, providing new tools for thinking about translation, theory, and politics\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eBy recontextualizing \"French theory\" within a complex fabric of mass communication and global revolt, Demers demonstrates why it is politically potent and methodologically necessary to think of translation associatively.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919513665694,"sku":"ING-9781487504489","price":97.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781487504489.jpg?v=1782813345","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781487504489","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}