The Wind From the East French Intellectuals the Cultural Revolution and the Legacy of the 1960s Second Edition by Richard Wolin 9781400888443 1400888441

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ISBN 10: 1400888441
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Author: Richard Wolin

How Maoism captured the imagination of French intellectuals during the 1960s 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 exposé 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.

The Wind From the East French Intellectuals the Cultural Revolution and the Legacy of the 1960s Second Table of contents:

Part I — The Hour of Rebellion

1. Showdown at Bruay-en-Artois

2. France during the 1960s

3. May 1968: The Triumph of Libidinal Politics

4. Who Were the Maoists?

Excursus: On the Sectarian Maoism of Alain Badiou

Part II — The Hour of the Intellectuals

5. Jean-Paul Sartre’s Perfect Maoist Moment

6. Tel Quel in Cultural-Political Hell

7. Foucault and the Maoists: Biopolitics and Engagement

8. The Impossible Heritage: From Cultural Revolution to Associational Democracy

Bibliography

Index

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