Turning On the Mind
French Philosophers on Television
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Prologue: Portrait of a Philosopher
Introduction: Televising Philosophy in Postwar France
Chapter One
The Cultural Politics of Philosophical Celebrity, 1951–1968
Chapter Two
Philosophy and the Early Television Book Show, 1953–1968
Chapter Three
From Educational Television to Cultural Spectacle, 1964–1974
Chapter Four
The “New Philosophers” and Morality for the Masses, 1974–1986
Chapter Five
Bucking the Ratings: Antigone, Abraham, Heidegger, and the Holocaust, 1987–1992
Conclusion: Philosophical TV in the 1990s
Notes
Bibliography
Index
History: European History | History of Ideas
Literature and Literary Criticism: General Criticism and Critical Theory | Romance Languages
Philosophy: General Philosophy
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