Transparency in Postwar France A Critical History of the Present |
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| Author:
| Geroulanos, Stefanos |
| Series title: | Cultural Memory in the Present Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5036-0459-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2017 |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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This book argues against the widely celebrated utopia of "transparency" by showing, across a panorama of postwar French thought, how attempts to show the perils of transparency in politics, ethics, and knowledge led to major conceptual inventions, many of which we now take for granted.
This book argues against the widely celebrated utopia of "transparency" by showing, across a panorama of postwar French thought, how attempts to show the perils of transparency in politics, ethics, and knowledge led to major conceptual inventions, many of which we now take for granted.