This text outlines the construction of the "subject" in modern philosophy, focusing in particular on the seminal work of Althusser, Lacan, Derrida and Foucault. It is argued that the question of the "subject" persists, even in those perspectives which seek to abandon it altogether.
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Caroline Williams is Lecturer in Political Theory at Queen Mary and Westfield College. She has written on feminism, subjectivity and psychoanalysis.
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Contemporary French Philosophy outlines the construction of the subject in modern philosophy, focusing in particular on the seminal work of Althusser, Lacan, Derrida and Foucault. The book interrogates some of the most influential perspectives on the question of the subject to contest those postmodern voices that announce its disappearance or death. It argues instead that the question of the subject persists, even in those perspectives that seek to abandon it altogether.
