ISBN: 9780745308227
Pluto Press, 1995
Paperback, 93 pages
Regis Debray: A Critical Introduction by Keith Reader — by interweaving discussion of Régis Debray’s writings on politics, media, and revolution, as well as his novels and autobiographical works, Reader reveals the wide‑ranging yet underestimated relevance of Debray’s work to students of politics, history, sociology, media studies, literature, autobiography, and French society. The book provides a close analysis of Debray’s political and cultural writings in their intellectual and historical context, drawing out the underlying coherence of ideology and theme exemplified by his consistent emphasis on the importance of geography, the centrality and inevitability of the nation‑state, and the promotion of a culture of the word over one of the image.
