Gabriel Rockhill is a philosopher and activist who has published nine books. He is the Founding Director of the Critical Theory Workshop and Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University.
The book we're discussing today is Requiem for French Theory: Transatlantic Funeral Dirge in a Marxist Key. It is a conversation between Gabriel Rockhill and Aymeric Monville facilitated by Jennifer Ponce De Leon with an introduction from John Bellamy Foster.
Book description from Monthly Review Press:
"French Theory is due for an insider critique, and in Requiem for French Theory, Aymeric Monville and Gabriel Rockhill do just that. Drawing upon decades of studying French philosophy in Paris, they build upon the best Marxist criticisms of postmodernism, while further developing them by situating postmodern theory within the global political economy of knowledge and U.S. driven intellectual imperialism. The result is a broad dialogue on topics ranging from international class struggle and the dissemination of ideology, to fascism, identity politics, dialectics, actually existing socialism, and more."
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Previous episodes with Gabriel Rockhill:
The CIA, Psychological Warfare, and the Imperial Theory Industry With Gabriel Rockhill
Losurdo's Western Marxism With Gabriel Rockhill
Paris 1968, French Theory and the Intellectual World War With Gabriel Rockhill
Books available via Monthly Review Press:
Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism?
Requiem for French Theory: Transatlantic Funeral Dirge in a Marxist Key
Western Marxism by Domenico Losurdo
