6. The French Explosion — From Kojève to Derrida (1945-1970)

Part II: The Western Bloc - Liberalism as Antifascism (1945-1968)

  1. Framing: France’s Paradoxical Situation After the Liberation
  2. The Publication of the Wartime Works — The Hegel Nobody Knew
  3. Jean-Paul Sartre — The Existentialist Hegel (1943-1960)
  4. Maurice Merleau-Ponty — Bodily Dialectic (1945-1961)
  5. Paul Ricœur — The Long Detour of Interpretation (1913-2005)
  6. Jacques Lacan — The Psychoanalytic Transformation of Recognition (1936-1966)
  7. Alexandre Koyré — The Forgotten Forerunner (1929-1964)
  8. Interim Assessment: The French Explosion — Brilliance and Blind Spot
  9. Transition to Chapter 7: From Paris to Frankfurt

Philosophy of Science and Dialectic – The Post-Positivist Revolution (1962-1989) · History of the Reception of Hegel II · The Frankfurt School - Dialectic of Enlightenment and Its Consequences