Empire Of Meaning: The Humanization Of The Social Sciences

Hardback

Main Details

Title Empire Of Meaning: The Humanization Of The Social Sciences
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Francois Dosse
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:458
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 149
Category/GenreWestern philosophy from c 1900 to now
ISBN/Barcode 9780816629640
ClassificationsDewey:300.1
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Imprint University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date 1 December 1998
Publication Country United States

Description

After the brilliance of Derrida, Foucault, Barthes - what? By most accounts, the French intellectual scene, poststructuralism, has split in two. On one side, a few select philosophers as media stars are pressed for their opinions on virtually every subject; on the other side, an atomized community of scholars in the social sciences are bound up in technicalities and muffled by the lack of a common language. This great divide, the author contends, augurs a tremendous change in the structure and conduct of intellectual life. What this shift means - how it has occurred and what parts various thinkers have played in shaping it - is the subject of this book.