French Theory in the Intellectual Cold War
Abstract
In 1966, Johns Hopkins hosted a seemingly innocuous international conference titled "The Languages of Criticism and the Sciences of Man," featuring leading figures of what would later be known as "French Theory." However, John Bellamy Foster writes, far from a simple meeting of intellectuals, this represented a "politically motivated attempt to create a beachhead for French structuralism in the United States that would counter the radicalization then taking place."
Fields of Study & Subjects
Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics
Education
Politics
and Culture Studies
Marxism and Critical Theory
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Monthly Review
- Pages
- 1–14
- Publication date
- 1 March 2026
- Language
- EN