Heidegger in France: (Studies in Continental Thought)

Dominique Janicaud claimed that every French intellectual movement—from existentialism to psychoanalysis—was influenced by Martin Heidegger. This translation of Janicaud's landmark work, Heidegger en France, details Heidegger's reception in philosophy and other humanistic and social science disciplines. Interviews with key French thinkers such as Françoise Dastur, Jacques Derrida, Éliane Escoubas, Jean Greisch, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Jean-Luc Marion, and Jean-Luc Nancy are included and provide further reflection on Heidegger's relationship to French philosophy. An intellectual undertaking of authoritative scope, this work furnishes a thorough history of the French reception of Heidegger's thought.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Translators' Introduction Part I. Introduction 1. First Crossings of the Rhine 2. The Sartre Bomb 3. Postwar Fascinations 4. Humanism in Turmoil 5. The Bright Spell of the '50s 6. Renewed Polemics, New Shifts 7. Dissemination or Reconstruction? 8. Death and Transfiguration? 9. The Letter and the Spirit 10. The Return of the Repressed? 11. Between Erudite Scholarship and Techno-Science 12. At the Crossroads Conclusion Part II. Interviews Françoise Dastur: Interview of March 3, 2000 Jacques Derrida: Interviews from July 1 and November 22, 1999 Éliane Escoubas: Interview of October 19, 2000 Jean Greisch: Interview of December 2, 1999 Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe: Interview of June 22, 2000 Jean-Luc Marion: Interview of December 3, 1999 Jean-Luc Nancy: Interview of June 23, 2000 Notes Selected Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Dominique Janicaud (1937–2002) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nice-Sophia-Antipolis and the author of many books including Powers of the Rational (IUP, 1994), Phenomenology and the Theological Turn, and Phenomenology Wide Open. Heidegger en France, the crowning achievement of his philosophical work, was published in French in 2001. François Raffoul is Professor of Philosophy at Louisiana State University. He is author of The Origins of Responsibility (IUP, 2010). David Pettigrew is Professor of Philosophy at Southern Connecticut State University. He is editor (with François Raffoul) of French Interpretations of Heidegger.

Review :
Janicaud shows himself to be a charming writer, and the English translation admirably conveys the clarity and deftness of his French prose into English. Indeed, one largely unsung quality of Janicaud's writings, be it this text or his more properly philosophical works, is his prose; combining clarity with wit, he is much more enjoyable to read than many of his contemporaries, and his translators are to be complemented for bringing those elements with them into the English translation. (The Heythrop Journal) In sum, this book is informed, interesting,well written, useful, and as accurate as it could have been for someone writing at a time when relevant documentation was being withheld by Heidegger's followers. (American Historical Review) Heidegger in France is a major contribution to the history of Continental philosophy and to French phenomenology. . . Essential. (Choice) Janicaud sheds light on the contemporary French philosophical scene and he has done this from an angle seldom seen by others. It is a lively story and reminds us that the life of ideas, the destiny of a thought, is an exciting matter. (Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews)