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Title:
The wind from the east : French intellectuals, the cultural revolution, and the legacy of the 1960s
Author:
Wolin, Richard.
ISBN:
9781400834372
Publication Information:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 391 pages) : illustrations
Abstract:
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 utopi.
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