Claude Lefort
Writing, the Political Test
- ISBN 13:
- 9780822325208
- author:
- Claude Lefort
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Duke University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2000
- Pages:
- 360
- Genre:
- Literature
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Writing involves risks, including the risk of being misunderstood and the risk of inadvertently supporting a reader's prejudices. In trying to give expression to what is true, writers must navigate difficult paths to articulate a new vision. France's leading political philosopher Claude Lefort examines how writers negotiate these challenges in his book Writing: The Political Test. He explores the works of literary artists and political philosophers, including Salman Rushdie, Tocqueville, Machiavelli, Leo Strauss, Orwell, Kant, Robespierre, Guizot, and Pierre Clastres, to shed light on the problem of risk in writing. Lefort's analysis reveals insights into the democratic experience, totalitarianism, and the collapse of modern political forms. This exploration of literature's political aspects and political philosophy's literary ones offers a unique perspective on the intersection of these two fields.
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