Deceit, Desire, and the Literature Professor: Why Girardians Exist (2012)

by Jtsummerson 3/4/2026, 4:24 PMwith 2 comments

by PaulHouleon 3/4/2026, 5:03 PM

With the strange position of French philosophy in the anglosphere I guess the right needs a French philosopher. I mean, you see popular books about French theory in normal countries, like Japan, but because the French colonized Britain, English is packed with high-fallutin' words from French (L'Ensemble, Quotodien, ...) that make undertranslated texts reek with assumed superiority, French theory puts the "gate" in "gatekeeping" of our academy.

by Jtsummerson 3/4/2026, 4:27 PM

One prior discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40189403 - April 2024, 15 comments