THE STATE OF LITERARY THEORY

America's Tolerance for French Radicalism

By RICHARD WOLIN

The publication of François Cusset's French Theory raises a series of fascinating questions concerning the trans-Atlantic transmission and circulation of ideas. Most important, it impels us to inquire why for a time French thought managed to flourish in American universities while French intellectuals...

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