David Macey Livres

An examination of the relation between war and politics, by one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers From 1971 until 1984 at the Collège de France, Michel Foucault gave a series of lectures ranging freely and conversationally over the range of his research. In Society Must Be Defended, Foucault deals with the emergence in the early seventeenth century of a new understanding of war as the permanent basis of all institutions of power, a hidden presence within society that could be deciphered by an historical analysis. Tracing this development, Foucault outlines the genealogy of power and knowledge that had become his dominant concern.

Born in Martinique, Frantz Fanon (1925-61) trained as a psychiatrist in Lyons before working in colonial Algeria. He faced racism as a soldier in the Free French Army during France's liberation. In Algeria, he engaged with the Front de Liberation National (FLN), whose fight for independence was met with brutal repression by the French Army. Identifying with the FLN, he became a target and was forced to flee after resigning his position. He later worked with the FLN as a propagandist and ambassador. This biography, based on extensive research, presents the most comprehensive and objective account of Fanon, dispelling myths that have surrounded him. It reveals him as a complex individual, shaped by the French Caribbean's history of slavery and racism, and traces his intellectual journey as a political thinker and psychiatrist within the context of post-war French culture. The author honors Fanon’s extraordinary life, portraying him as a flawed yet fundamentally humanist figure dedicated to ending colonialism. His passionate and articulate writings continue to resonate today.

Foucault's work reached beyond the normal boundaries of philosophy; he wrote about madness, prisons, medicine, sex and language. He was many things - academic, political activist, child, lover of men. Opening with an account of Foucault's death in 1985 from AIDS, this biography then returns to the provincial France of his childhood, and follows the transformation of a conservative doctor's son into the foremost radical philosopher of his generation, the force of his work enhanced by his actively homosexual lifestyle. A brief fling with communism left him with an abiding hatred of the Soviet Union. After working on the history of psychiatry through the 1950s and '60s in Sweden, Poland and Tunisia, Foucault returned to France after the violence of May 1968 with a disturbing vision of modern society policed by mechanisms of power and control. He also lived his ideas, agitating for prison reform, homosexual liberation and the rights of mental patients. David Macey's other works include Lacan in Contexts , a study of the French psychoanalyst.

"First published in French as Casseroles, amour et crises"--T.p. verso.

The author explores the contemporary social and cultural implications of democracy, seeking to reconstruct the political landscape and revive democratic values. He addresses two main threats to democracy: the inherent risks it faces and the misuse of its name. Through this examination, the book aims to foster a deeper understanding and commitment to democratic principles in today's society.

Pendant des siècles, de débats Jean-Claude Kaufmann passionnés en illusions déçues, l’amour a rêvé de guider le monde. Chaque tentative fut un échec, parfois terrible. Alors l’amour s’est replié sur la vie privée. Il a laissé l’économie prendre le pouvoir, et s’est contenté de construire un univers de consolation et de caresses face aux duretés du monde.  Jean-Claude Kaufmann renouvelle ici l’histoire d’un sentiment pas comme les autres. Il nous entraîne dans l’aventure des grandes utopies et nous révèle la face cachée des épisodes fondateurs de nos vécus amoureux.  À travers ce récit, émaillé d’anecdotes savoureuses, il questionne les valeurs de notre époque et nous pousse à nous interroger sur notre positionnement personnel.  Devant la souffrance suscitée par une conception étroitement économique et cynique de la vie collective, la question de l’amour dans sa dimension sociale et politique est en train de resurgir. Elle explique l’intensité et les espoirs renouvelés que nous mettons aujourd’hui dans la quête du bonheur amoureux. été traduits en quinze langues.