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Title: An Authoritative and Succinct Introduction
Review: This book is concise and does a superb job of objectively covering major French schools of thought and their theorists (Existentialism, Phenomenology, Postmodernism, Structuralism/Poststructuralism, etc.) in addition to including thinkers more obscure to the English speaking world, including reasonably thorough assessments of Bergson and Catholic thought such as the works of Blondel, Neo-thomism and Marcel. As a philosophy student who received a poor presentation of contemporary French thought, this book certainly helped fill in my weak spots. By no means an exhaustive account, it is nevertheless a work indispensable for anyone looking to gain knowledge of the period with both clarity and precision. As the other reviewer aptly claims, this book is surely to be a springboard for other primary reading.
