Cahiers pour l'Analyse

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Cahiers pour l'Analyse was a journal published by a group of young philosophy graduates at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris in the 1960s. Ten issues of the journal appeared between 1966 and 1969. According to its official website[1] the Cahiers were "guided by the examples of Georges Canguilhem, Jacques Lacan and Louis Althusser" (all instructors at the ENS during this period).

Edited by a small group of Althusser's students at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, the Cahiers pour l’Analyse appeared during what were – arguably – the most fertile and productive years in French philosophy during the whole of the twentieth century.[2] As distinct from philosophies based on the interpretation of meaning or lived experience, the Cahiers sought to combine structuralism and psychoanalysis with logical or mathematical formalization, generating a field of theoretical reflection that continues to guide some of today's most significant and provocative philosophical work."[3]

Contributors to Cahiers pour l'Analyse

Among the more than 60 contributors to Cahiers pour l'Analyse, some of the more notable names who appeared in its pages and continue to be guiding forces into the 21st century (in both the Continental and Analytic philosophical traditions) include:

References

  1. The Initial version went online and was made public 31 March 2010, with plans to launch the definitive version of the site in September 2010
  2. Project Overview & "About the Website"
  3. Concept and Form: The Cahiers pour l'Analyse and Contemporary French Thought

External links

  • Concept and Form: The Cahiers pour l'Analyse and Contemporary French Thought Official website and homepage. It includes a full electronic edition of the original French texts in both html and facsimile pdf versions, together with detailed commentaries on each article, recent interviews with members of the original editorial board, and substantial entries on the main concepts and authors at issue in the journal. ( Update: March 2014: access to this site along with the most current information is found here ~~> http://cahiers.kingston.ac.uk/)