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The narrative opens in Part One focused on “MURDER,” moving into close attention to Derrida’s work and its cultural aftershocks. Across subsequent sections on madness and words, philosophy is treated as both argument and personal drama, linking critical methods to questions of identity, freedom, and authorship while reflecting on theoretical influence over time.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nPENGUIN PRESS  \nAn imprint of Penguin Random House LLC  \n1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019  \n[penguinrandomhouse.com](penguinrandomhouse.com)  \nCopyright © 2026 by Emily Eakin  \nPenguin Random House values and supports copyright. Copyright fuels creativity, encourages diverse voices, promotes free speech, and creates a vibrant culture. Thank you for buying an authorized edition of this book and for complying with copyright laws by not reproducing, scanning, or distributing any part of it in any form without permission. 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Identifiers: LCCN 2025053042 (print) | LCCN 2025053043 (ebook) | ISBN 9781594206320  \nhardcover | ISBN 9780698183261 ebook Subjects: LCSH: Philosophy, French—20th century Classification: LCC B2421 .E45 2026 (print) | LCC B2421 (ebook) LC record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2025053042](https://lccn.loc.gov/2025053042)[ ](https://lccn.loc.gov/2025053042)LC ebook record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2025053043](https://lccn.loc.gov/2025053043)  \nEbook ISBN 9780698183261  \nThe authorized representative in the EU for product safety and compliance is Penguin Random House Ireland, Morrison Chambers, 32 Nassau Street, Dublin D02 YH68, Ireland, [https://eu](https://eu)  \n[contact.penguin.ie](contact.penguin.ie).  \nprhid_prh_ 7.4a_ 156751519_c0_r0  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nDedication Epigraph  \nLives of The French Philosophers Introduction  \nPart One • MURDER  \nChapter 1. DERRIDA’S PIPE  \nChapter 2.“CONDEMNED TO BE FREE”Chapter 3. PRISONERS OF WAR  \nChapter 4. A MARRIAGE OF THEORY AND PRACTICE Chapter 5. THE CULT OF MARX  \nChapter 6. SARTRE GETS ADRUBBING  \nChapter 7. ALTHUSSER SLEEPS THROUGH THE REVOLUTION Chapter 8.“JE SUIS LE GRAND ALTHUSSER”  \nChapter 9. THE MAD PHILOSOPHER  \nPart Two • MADNESS  \nChapter 10. SARTRE SEES A SHRINK Chapter 11. SCANDALOUS FREUD  \nChapter 12. THE PARANOIAC-CRITICAL METHOD  \nChapter 13. MADWOMEN  \nChapter 14. STRANGER IN THE MIRROR  \nChapter 15.“THE WOMAN DOES NOT EXIST”  \nChapter 16. A PORTRAIT OF JOUISSANCE  \nChapter 17. KNOTS AND RINGS OF THE PSYCHE  \nChapter 18.“IAM PSYCHOTIC”  \nChapter 19. FOUCAULT’S ASYLUM  \nChapter 20. DERRIDA THROWS A PUNCH  \nChapter 21.“I’M REALLY ATTHE END OF MY TETHER”Chapter 22. FOUCAULT STRIKES BACK  \nChapter 23.“WEARE ALL SCHIZOS!”  \nChapter 24.“I NEVER TALK ABOUT FREEDOM”  \nPart Three • WORDS  \nChapter 25. LACAN READS POE  \nChapter 26. LÉVI-STRAUSS HEADS FOR THE JUNGLE Chapter 27. A TUTORIAL IN STRUCTURAL LINGUISTICS Chapter 28. BARTHES DISMANTLES THE DOXA  \nChapter 29. THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR  \nChapter 30. THE DEATH OF MAN  \nChapter 31.“WHAT IS IT TO WRITE?”  \nPart Four • EVASIONS  \nChapter 32. SAMSON IN THE STRUCTURALIST TEMPLE Chapter 33. THE CONNOISSEUR OF NOTHINGNESS  \nChapter 34. ROUSSEAU’S SUPPLEMENT  \nChapter 35. HOW TO BECOME A DOMINANT FRENCH  \nPHILOSOPHER  \nChapter 36. TYRANNY OF THE YALE CRITICS  \nChapter 37. DERRIDA BEHIND BARS  \nChapter 38. THE RADICAL CAMPUS  \nChapter 39. THE CHOMSKY HASH  \nChapter 40. COERCION AND CONTROL  \nChapter 41. COUNTRY JOE FOUCAULT  \nChapter 42. ATTHE BATHHOUSE  \nChapter 43. THE TRIAL OF PAUL DE MAN  \nChapter 44. EXCUSES (CONFESSIONS)  \nChapter 45. THE DEATH OF DECONSTRUCTION  \nChapter 46.“LIBERALLY SAL","cbCaifWAoBONicML","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifWAoBONicML","pdf",41957667,613,"English","en",105,"# Part One • MURDER\n## Chapter 1. DERRIDA’S PIPE\n## Chapter 2. “CONDEMNED TO BE FREE”\n## Chapter 3. 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