Who’s Afraid of Philosophy?: Right to Philosophy 1 (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)
By Unknown Author.
Description
This volume reflects Jacques Derrida's engagement in the late 1970s with French political debates on the teaching of philosophy and the reform of the French university system. He was a founding member of the Research Group on the Teaching of Philosophy (Greph), an activist group that mobilized opposition to the Giscard government's proposals to "rationalize" the French educational system in 1975, and a convener of the Estates General of Philosophy, a vast gathering in 1979 of educators from across France.While addressing specific contemporary political issues on occasion...
ISBN(s)
0804742952, 9780804742955
