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“The Frenchmen: Or, My Life in Theory,” Reviewed

New Yorker Culture 23 July 2026 12h ago
“The Frenchmen: Or, My Life in Theory,” Reviewed
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French theory, as taught in American classrooms, has acquired a reputation of forbidding difficulty and hauteur. A new history seeks to surface its human side.
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