Abstract
Contemporary French Political Philosophy is profoundly affected by the critiques of totalitarianism formulated in the 1970s. In the intellectual environment marked by this theme, Furet leads, from the end of the decade, a study group at EHESS that brings together, among others, Lefort, Castoriadis, Gauchet, Rosanvallon, and Manent. Designated by Lynch (2010) as the "French school of the p…