Radicalism in French culture : a sociology of French theory in the 1960s / Niilo Kauppi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From literature to revolution -- The nouveau roman and rebellion -- The Tel quel saga -- Julia Kristeva`s invasion of Paris -- Kristeva`s power-ideas : ideologeme and the zerologic subject -- Rebellion around Tel quel -- Sollerspierre, the revolutionary of the text -- "Sciences" of meaning, work, and the unconscious -- D�esenchantement and disintegration -- Neo-surrealism : Breton and Mao -- The conservative revolution of Jacques Derrida -- The taming of French theory -- The power-idea of structure -- The bourgeois political order : a critique -- Constructing an academic sociology -- Epilogue: French theory as symbolic transgression and political rebellion.