JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Work of Interpretation: Critique and the Review Form, 1946–1967.

  • Published In: New Literary History, 2024, v. 55, n. 1. P. 99 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Marian, Jessica 3 of 3

Abstract

This article examines a series of pivotal moments in the history of the postwar French journal Critique , tracing the development, refinement, and reassertion of the journal's singular style of critical practice. We present the journal's founding documents and consider editor Georges Bataille's identification of Maurice Blanchot as the guiding model for the journal. Then we examine two defining texts in the review's development: Alexandre Kojève's "Hegel, Marx and Christianity" (1946) and Alain Badiou's "The (Re)commencement of Dialectical Materialism" (1967). Kojève's celebrated article crystallised the ideals of the journal's programme; Badiou's article meanwhile tested those ideals, precipitating a minor editorial crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:New Literary History. 2024/01, Vol. 55, Issue 1, p99
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Library and Information Science
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0028-6087
  • DOI:10.1353/nlh.2024.a932372
  • Accession Number:178479028
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