Richard Wolin The Wind From the East (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Further DetailsTitle: The Wind From the EastCondition: NewEAN: 9780691178233ISBN: 9780691178233Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 11/14/2017Item Height: 235mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 624gAuthor: Richard WolinContributor: Richard Wolin (Preface by)Language: EnglishSubtitle: French Intellectuals, the Cultural Revolution, and the Legacy of the 1960s - Second EditionISBN-10: 0691178232Description: Michel Foucault, Jean-Paul Sartre, Julia Kristeva, Phillipe Sollers, and Jean-Luc Godard. During the 1960s, a who's who of French thinkers, writers, and artists, spurred by China's Cultural Revolution, were seized with a fascination for Maoism. Combining a merciless expose of left-wing political folly and cross-cultural misunderstanding with a spirited defense of the 1960s, The Wind from the East tells the colorful story of this legendary period in France. Richard Wolin shows how French students and intellectuals, inspired by their perceptions of the Cultural Revolution, and motivated by utopian hopes, incited grassroots social movements and reinvigorated French civic and cultural life. Wolin's riveting narrative reveals that Maoism's allure among France's best and brightest actually had little to do with a real understanding of Chinese politics. Instead, it paradoxically served as a vehicle for an emancipatory transformation of French society. Recounting the cultural and political odyssey of French students and intellectuals in the 1960s, The Wind from the East illustrates how the Maoist phenomenon unexpectedly sparked a democratic political sea change in France.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: HistoryTopic: Philosophy & SpiritualityEdition: Second EditionRelease Year: 2017

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