Johann Michel, Scott Davidson (TRN) Ricoeur and the Post-Structuralists

Annotation

In this important and original book, Johann Michel paves the way for a greater understanding of Paul Ricoeurs philosophy by exploring it in relation to some major figures of contemporary French thoughtBourdieu, 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 Ricoeurs 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 Ricoeurs thought and also of the distinctive issues that emerge through confrontation between Ricoeur and each of these post-structuralist thinkers.