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Le champ de la théorie : essor et déclin du structuralisme en France

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French thinkers such as Foucault and Derrida are often labeled as representatives of “poststructuralism.” Yet such an intellectual movement is unknown in France, where these theorists occupied positions too far apart to be

perceived as an intellectual group or movement. This study traces the evolution of the French intellectual field after the war when higher education institutions saw unprecedented growth. By drawing from Bourdieu's sociology of intellectuals , this study gives an account of the rise and decline of an intellectual generation which continues to leave its mark on the theoretical imagination of our time.