This is a thorough and balanced guide to modern French philosophical thought,roviding lucid, authoritative accounts of famous philosophers whilst alsoighlighting lesser-known figures. Author Robert Wicks introduces the majororks of each philosopher, explaining their impact on their peers and on theider world. Covering such major movements as Existentialism, Surrealism,tructuralism and Postmodernism, this handbook is a useful resource forrancophiles, students of philosophy and all those interested in thentellectual landscape of 20th- and 21st-century France.;The book includesetailed coverage of such philosophers as Henri Bergson, Beauvoir, Sarte,amus, Barthes, Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze and Levi-Strauss, among others.