Intermittency : the concept of historical reason in recent French philosophy

"Andrew Gibson engages with five recent and contemporary French philosophers, Badiou, Jambet, Lardreau, Francoise Proust and Rancière, who each produce a post-Hegelian philosophy of history founded on an assertion of the intermittency of historical value. Gibson explores this 'anti-schematics of historical reason' and its implication for politics, ethics and aesthetics in a wide range of modern intellectual contexts, finding its necessary complement and most powerful expression in a wealth of modern art, chiefly modern literature. The result is a sustained reflection on the possible character of a contemporary philosophy of history and an important contribution to our knowledge of contemporary French philosophy."--Publisher's website. // Table of Contents

Foreword / Jean-Jacques Lecercle --
Introduction --
The logic of intermittency: Alain Badiou --
Sporadic modernity: Franc̜oise Proust --
A counter-phenomenology of Spirit: Christian Jambet --
Alternates Indépassables: Guy Lardeau --
Intermittency and melancholy: Jacques Rancière --
Conclusion: Prolegmena to a critical synthesis.