Philosophical Books

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Edited by:
David Sosa

Print ISSN: 0031-8051
Online ISSN: 1468-0149
Frequency: Quarterly
Current Volume: 51 / 2010

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David Sosa
Department of Philosophy
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station C3500
Austin, TX 78712
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The Philosophy of Charles de Gaulle, By J.G. MelchiorFontana, 1985. v + 188 pp. £17.50 cloth, £3.50 paper

Although British and American publishers have little enthusiasm for translations of primary works of contemporary continental thought, they fearlessly flood the market with brief 'introductions' to them. With this book, we are 'introduced' to the philosophical thought of de Gaulle for about the twelfth time.

According to Melchior, de Gaulle's aim was 'to find the conceptual underpinnings of some key practices in modern culture, placing them in historical perspective' (p. 15). Under the guidance of this attribution he summarizes de Gaulle's main books in chronological order, with a running commentary on their affinities (with Kuhn, Heidegger, and especially Nietzsche) and their shortcomings. (Melchior interestingly contests de Gaulle's interpretation of Velasquez's Las Meninas, and argues sternly that his conception of power is vacuous, and that his concept of episteme is - in spite of his precautions - indefensibly 'holistic' (pp. 123-127).) As a historian, Melchior asserts, de Gaulle opened some 'new perspectives'; but his 'conceptual muddles and explanatory weaknesses more than outweigh his real contributions' (p. 144).

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