Catch Political Writings, 1953-1993 Author Maurice Blanchot Expressed As Print

veces he leído una critica tan sagaz y certera al silencio de Heidegger, Esos dos pequeños textos valdrían ya un libro, pero además Blanchot nos plantea tantos temas y con diversos tonos, la muerte política, la estructura de una revista, los esbozos de una comunidad, relatos tan cercanos de momentos que marcaron más de una generación revolucionaria, ni que decir de la rápida y profunda lectura de Marx.
Como todo libro de Blanchot, tan actual como discreto, Maurice Blanchot is a towering yet enigmatic figure in twentiethcentury 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,

This posthumously published volume collects his political writings fromto, from the FrenchAlgerian War and the mass movements of Mayto 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,

The 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,

The topics he addresses range from the right to insubordination in the FrenchAlgerian War to the construction of the Berlin Wall and repression in Eastern Europe from the mass movements ofto personal responses to revelations about Heidegger, Levinas, and Robert Antelme, among others.


When 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.







Cet ouvrage, publie dans le cadre d'un programme d'aide a la publication beneficie du soutien financier du ministere des Affaires etranges et du Service culturel de l'ambassade de France aux EtatsUnis, ainsi que de l'appui de FACE French American Cultural Exchange.




This 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.
Maurice Blanchot September,February,was a French pre war leader of the Young Right, philosopher, literary theorist and writer of fiction, Blanchot was a distinctly modern writer who broke down generic boundaries, particularly between literature and philosophy, He began his career on the political right, but the experience of fascism altered his thinking to the point that he supported the student protests of May.
Like so many members of his generation, Blanchot was influenced by Alexandre Kojeves humanistic interpretation of Hegel and the rise of modern existentialism influenced by Heidegger and Sartre.
His Literature and the Right to Death shows the influence that Heidegger had on a whole generation of French int Maurice Blanchot September,February,was a French pre war leader of the Young Right, philosopher, literary theorist and writer of fiction.
Blanchot was a distinctly modern writer who broke down generic boundaries, particularly between literature and philosophy, He began his career on the political right, but the experience of fascism altered his thinking to the point that he supported the student protests of May.
Like so many members of his generation, Blanchot was influenced by Alexandre Kojeve's humanistic interpretation of Hegel and the rise of modern existentialism influenced by Heidegger and Sartre.
His Literature and the Right to Death shows the influence that Heidegger had on a whole generation of French intellectuals, sitelink.