The collection of articles includes the works of the most significant French philosophers of the second half of the 20th century, which reflected the most important philosophical themes of this period - the problem of meaning, consciousness, body, text, reading and writing. The materials in the collection introduce the features of the phenomenological and poststructuralist approach to the analysis of these topics. The collection is addressed to specialists in the field of philosophy, literary criticism, linguistics, psychology and anyone interested in the history of French philosophical thought. The book can be used as a reader for students and teachers of humanities faculties. All texts are published for the first time in Russian translation.