Embodying the Mind, Producing the Nation: Philosophy on French Television

Journal of the History of Ideas 67 (2):315-341 (2006)
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Abstract

Following WWII the French state deployed television as an instrument of nation-building. The televising of philosophy, visible in 3500 programs aired between 1951 and 1999, contributed to this project. This article examines forty philosophy shows produced for national broadcast in France during the 1960s. It argues that philosophy's dialogic structure rendered it suited to capitalize on television technology. These shows (featuring Hyppolite, Canguilhem, Ricoeur, Foucault and Badiou) also demonstrate how the state used philosophy to reify an image of national superiority at a time when, under the impress of decolonization and modernization, France's role in the global arena was in question.

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