Morgan, DL (2016) Anarchism, Utopianism and Hospitality: The Work of René Schérer. Modern and Contemporary France, 24 (2). pp. 161-177. ISSN 0963-9489
Abstract
René Schérer (born 1922) is lamentably almost unknown to the Anglo-American world as his work has, as yet, not been translated . He is one of the main specialists of the French “utopian socialist”, Charles Fourier (1772-1837), and a major thinker in his own right. He is the author of more than twenty books and co-editor of the journal Chimères. Colleague and friend at Vincennes university (Paris 8) of Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, Jacques Derrida, Jacques Rancière, Jean-François Lyotard, François Châletet, Alain Brossat, Georges Navet, Miguel Abensour, Pierre Macherey… he continues to host seminars at Paris 8 (now located at St. Denis). He is a living testimony to a radical past, and a continuing inspiration to a new generation of young thinkers. This article aims to convey the original specificity of his understanding of anarchism. By so doing, it will stress the importance of his work for any thinking concerned with a politicised resistance to social conformity and the supposed “state of things” today.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2016, Association for the Study of Modern & Contemporary France. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Modern and Contemporary France on 19 April 2016, available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09639489.2016.1153462 |
Keywords: | Schérer, anarchism, hospitality, refugees, philosophy, utopianism |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 13 May 2016 11:36 |
Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2017 17:05 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09639489.2016.1153462 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09639489.2016.1153462 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:97138 |