{"product_id":"political-writings-1953-1993-9780823229987","title":"Political Writings, 1953-1993","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaurice Blanchot is a towering yet enigmatic figure in twentieth-century French thought. A lifelong friend of Levinas, he had a major influence on Foucault, Derrida, Nancy, and many others. Both his fiction and his criticism played a determining role in how postwar French philosophy was written, especially in its intense concern with the question of writing as such. Never an academic, he published most of his critical work in periodicals and led a highly private life. Yet his writing included an often underestimated public and political dimension. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis posthumously published volume collects his political writings from 1953 to 1993, from the French-Algerian War and the mass movements of May 1968 to postwar debates about the Shoah and beyond. A large number of the essays, letters, and fragments it contains were written anonymously and signed collectively, often in response to current events. The extensive editorial work done for the original French edition makes a major contribution to our understanding of Blanchot's work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe political stances Blanchot adopts are always complicated by the possibility that political thought remains forever to be discovered. He reminds us throughout his writings both how facile and how hard it is to refuse established forms of authority. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe topics he addresses range from the right to insubordination in the French-Algerian War to the construction of the Berlin Wall and repression in Eastern Europe; from the mass movements of 1968 to personal responses to revelations about Heidegger, Levinas, and Robert Antelme, among others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen read together, these pieces form a testament to what political writing could be: not merely writing about the political or politicizing the written word, but unalterably transforming the singular authority of the writer and his signature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCet ouvrage, publi? dans le cadre d'un programme d'aide ? la publication b?n?ficie du soutien financier du minist?re des Affaires ?trang?s et du Service culturel de l'ambassade de France aux Etats-Unis, ainsi que de l'appui de FACE (French American Cultural Exchange). \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis work, published as part of a program providing publication assistance, received financial support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States and FACE (French American Cultural Exchange).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaurice Blanchot (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMaurice Blanchot\u003c\/b\u003e (1907-2003)--writer, critic, and journalist--was one of the most important voices in twentieth-century literature and thought. His books include \u003ci\u003eThomas the Obscure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Instant of my Death\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Writing of the Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Unavowable Community\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Hart (Foreword By) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kevin Hart is Chairman and Edwin B. Kyle Professor of Christian Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. He also holds courtesy professorships in the Departments of English and French. In addition, he is Eric D'Arcy Professor of Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University. Among his recent scholarly books are Jean- Luc Marion: The Essential Writings (2012), Clandestine Encounters: Philosophy in the Narratives of Maurice Blanchot (2010), and The Exorbitant: Emmanuel Levinas between Jews and Christians (2010). His collections of poetry are Flame Tree: Selected Poems (2002), Young Rain (2008), and Morning Knowledge (2011). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eZakir Paul (Translator) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ZAKIR PAUL is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Comparative Literature at Princeton University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328969707794,"sku":"9780823229987","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ec81cc8e-c708-4a2d-bd65-fa8e4cc5f738.jpg?v=1727756021","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/political-writings-1953-1993-9780823229987","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}