Eric Marty is joined in a roundtable discussion about his new book, Pourquoi le XXe siècle a-t-il pris Sade au sérieux (Seuil, 2011), by Jeffrey Mehlman (Boston University) and Bruno Chaouat (University of Minnesota).

Eric Marty is a Professor of French Literature at the Université de Paris VII-Diderot.

His publications include Bref séjour à Jerusalem and Une querelle avec Alain Badiou. He is the editor of the complete works of Roland Barthes.

Partial support for this event is provided by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy