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A French Perspective on Internationalism in Philosophy
Author(s) -
Delacampagne Christian
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
metaphilosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1467-9973
pISSN - 0026-1068
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9973.00068
Subject(s) - internationalism (politics) , existentialism , illusion , german , phenomenology (philosophy) , conversation , epistemology , philosophy , political science , law , psychology , linguistics , neuroscience , politics
Attached for a long time to the illusion of its national “singularity”, French philosophy has remained, for a good part of this century, closed to any foreign influence (with the exception of German phenomenology and existentialism). This situation started to change, however, in the early 1980’s. From that moment on, the tendency to translate foreign philosophy has strongly increased among French publishers, allowing France to take a more active part in the international philosophical conversation. The French‐American dialogue, in particular, is currently experiencing an expanding phase –but this recent trend must continue to be encouraged from both sides of the Atlantic.