Ricoeur and the Post-Structuralists

Bourdieu, Derrida, Deleuze, Foucault, Castoriadis

Johann Michel, Scott Davidson

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9798216288305
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Critical Theory

In this important and original book, Johann Michel paves the way for a greater understanding of Paul Ricoeur's philosophy by exploring it in relation to some major figures of contemporary French thought—Bourdieu, Derrida, Deleuze, Foucault and Castoriadis.

Although the fertile dialogue between Ricoeur and various structuralist thinkers is well documented, his position in relation to the post-structuralist movement is less-widely understood. Does Ricoeur's philosophy stand in opposition to post-structuralism in France or, on the contrary, is it in fact a unique variation of that movement? This book defends the latter statement. Michel speaks of post-structuralisms in the plural form and engages them in a dynamic confrontation between Ricoeur and his contemporaries in the French intellectual scene. The result is a better understanding of Ricoeur's thought and also of the distinctive issues that emerge through confrontation between Ricoeur and each of these post-structuralist thinkers.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Translator’s Note
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 Habitus, Narrative, and the Promise
• 2 The Sense of Excess
• 3 Outside the Subject and Becoming a Subject
• 4 The Care of the Self and Care for Others
• 5 The Imagination and Institutions
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index