| Description |
x, 348 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The force of circumstance? -- Decline and fall : the French intellectual community at the end of the Third Republic -- In the light of experience : the "lessons" of defeat and occupation -- Resistance and revenge : the semantics of commitment in the aftermath of liberation -- What is political justice? : philosophical anticipations of the Cold War -- pt. 2. The blood of others -- Show Thais : political terror in the East European mirror, 1947-1953 -- The blind force of history : the philosophical case for terror -- Today things are clear : doubts, dissent, and awakenings -- pt. 3. The treason of the intellectuals -- The sacrifices of the Russian people : a phenomenology of intellectual Russophilia -- About the East we can do nothing : of double standards and bad faith -- America has gone mad : anti-Americanism in historical perspective -- We must not disillusion the workers : on the self-abnegation and elective affinities of the intellectual -- pt. 4. The Middle Kingdom -- Liberalism, there is the enemy -- On some peculiarities of French political thought -- Gesta Dei per Francos : Theú Frenchness of French intellectuals -- Europe and the French intellectuals -- The responsibilities of power -- Conclusion: Goodbye to all that? |
| Subject |
France -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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France. |
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Intellectual life. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Intellectuals -- France -- History -- 20th century.
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Intellectuals. |
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History. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence.
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World War (1939-1945) |
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Communism -- History -- 20th century.
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Communism. |
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France -- Politics and government -- 1945-1958.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1945-1958 |
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France -- Moral conditions -- History -- 20th century.
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Moral conditions. |
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France -- Relations -- Europe.
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Relations. |
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Europe. |
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Europe -- Relations -- France.
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Europe -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Europe -- Politics and government -- 1945-
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| Chronological Term |
1945- |
| ISBN |
9780814743560 paperback acid-free paper |
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0814743560 paperback acid-free paper |
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9780814743577 e-book |
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0814743579 e-book |
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