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1 online resource (viii, 196 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Misjudgment of Paris -- Prophet spurned: León Blum and the price of compromise -- Reluctant moralist: Albert Camus and the discomforts of ambivalence -- Peripheral insider: Raymond Aron and the wages of reason. |
Summary |
Using the lives of the three outstanding French intellectuals of the twentieth century, renowned historian Tony Judt offers a unique look at how intellectuals can ignore political pressures and demonstrate a heroic commitment to personal integrity and moral responsibility unfettered by the difficult political exigencies of their time. Through the prism of the lives of Leon Blum, Albert Camus, and Raymond Aron, Judt examines pivotal issues in the history of contemporary French society--antisemitism and the dilemma of Jewish identity, political and moral idealism in public life, the Marxist moment. |
Local Note |
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Subject |
Blum, Léon, 1872-1950 -- Ethics.
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Blum, Léon, 1872-1950. |
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Ethics. |
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Camus, Albert, 1913-1960 -- Ethics.
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Camus, Albert, 1913-1960. |
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Aron, Raymond, 1905-1983 -- Ethics.
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Blum, Léon, 1872-1950 -- Morale. |
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Camus, Albert, 1913-1960 -- Morale. |
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Aron, Raymond, 1905-1983. |
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Aron, Raymond, 1905-1983 -- Morale. |
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France -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Political aspects.
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France. |
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Intellectual life. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Intellectuals -- Political activity -- France -- History -- 20th century.
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Intellectuals -- Political activity. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Judt, Tony. Burden of responsibility. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998 0226414183 9780226414188 (DLC) 98022269 (OCoLC)39093598 |
ISBN |
9780226414201 (electronic book) |
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0226414205 (electronic book) |
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0226414183 (alkaline paper) |
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9780226414195 |
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