Jacob Collins'sThe Anthropological Turn: French Political Through After 1968(University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020) examines some of the most important currents in French intellectual life through the 1970s. In the wake of the upheaval of 1968, and confronted with the economic and other crises of the decade that followed, a number ofpolitical thinkers and social theoristsin France interrogated"the social" borrowing anthropological concepts and approaches toreligion, identity, citizenship, and the state. Collins's account of the decadefocuses on the work of four key thinkers from across the political spectrum in France:Alain de Benoist, Marcel Gauchet, Emmanuel Todd, and Régis Debray. Across chapters that explore the work oftheseauthors in depth, the booktracks the common methodological ground these figures shared, the individual andcollective influence they exerted on the French political landscape of the era. In different ways, the book argues,the ideas of these and other"political anthropologists" have shaped approaches to fundamental social, political, and cultural questions in France overthe past several decades.The Anthropological Turnwill be a compelling read for students and scholars of French history,political thought, and culture from the last third of the twentieth century to the present. Roxanne Panchasiis an Associate Professor of History at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada who specializes in twentieth and twenty-first century France and its empire. If you have a recent title to suggest for the podcast, please send her an email (panchasi@sfu.ca). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/french-studies