French Literature Reviews - 2026

B. Cassin, L'archipel des idées de Barbara Cassin
Philosophy, Anthropology and Ideas

L'archipel des idées de Barbara Cassin
Barbara Cassin

Publication date: 12/06/2014 Publisher: Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Series: L'archipel des idées ISBN: 978-2-7351-1699-7 EAN: 9782735116997 Format: Paperback No. of pages: 221 p.

SOPHISTICS, SOPHISTIC HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
EXPLICATION DE TEXTE
ONTOLOGY/LOGOLOGY
MEANING
BARBARIAN, TO BARBARIZE
RHETORIC OR SPACE/TIME
LACAN
DEN
GOAT-STAG (BOUC-CERF) OR ON LITERATURE
COPYIST

A philosopher and philologist, Barbara Cassin is a senior researcher at the CNRS. Since 1980, she has published (or co-edited) more than twenty books, including the *Vocabulaire européen des philosophies*, translated into eight languages. Her research focuses on philosophy, language, sophistics, rhetoric, and translation. Recent publications include: (With Alain Badiou) Heidegger. Le nazisme, les femmes, la philosophie, Paris, Fayard,

Barbara Cassin is a French philosopher and philologist, and a senior researcher at the CNRS. Since 1980, she has published or co-edited more than twenty books, including the Vocabulaire européen des philosophies. Her research focuses on philosophy, language, sophistics, rhetoric, and translation. The volume L'archipel des idées de Barbara Cassin relates to topics such as sophistics, the history of philosophy, ontology, logology, meaning, the barbarian, and the act of barbarizing.

The volume's listed subjects also include Jacques Lacan, explication de texte, and the figure of the copyist. In the history of philosophy, the goat-stag (bouc-cerf) is a classical concept used to explore how language refers to non-existent entities, bridging ontology and literature. The topics also include rhetoric, space, and time. Readers interested in contemporary French philosophy, translation, and rhetoric may find this volume relevant.