Masters of Thought: 20 philosophers who made the twentieth century
Roger-Pol DroitWhat does Derrida call "deconstruction"? What does "face" mean for Levinas, "death of man" for Foucault? What are James' "pragmatism"," Husserl's "phenomenology," Lévi-Strauss's "structural anthropology"? How to understand the "becoming animal" in Deleuze, the "communicative action" in Habermas? In this book you are waiting for lively, clear and direct answers.
Maîtres à penser offers a journey in twenty episodes in contemporary philosophy, from the beginning of the twentieth century tothe present day. Currents, concepts, schools of thought are presented with the immense talent of pedagogue of Roger-Pol Droit.
Under his pen, the great theorists incarnate, become the characters of a tormented era, which they shape and transform. By exposing their struggles and their influence, it opens the doors to the great current debates.
Roger-Pol Droit Normalien, associate of philosophy, doctor and qualified, is a researcher at the CNRS. He is a regular contributor to Le Monde, Le Point and other newspapers. He is the author of numerous research and popular books, including, in Champs, A Brief History of Philosophy (2011) and The Heroes of Wisdom (2012).