Past imperfect French intellectuals, 1944-1956
Judt, Tony
Past imperfect French intellectuals, 1944-1956 - New York New York University Press 2011 - x,348p. 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
9780814743560
2010051539
Intellectuals--History--France--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Influence.
Communism--History--20th century.
France--Intellectual life--20th century.
France--Politics and government--1945-1958.
France--Moral conditions--History--20th century.
France--Relations--Europe.
Europe--Relations--France.
Europe--Intellectual life--20th century.
Europe--Politics and government--1945-
DC33.7 / .J842 2011
305.5520944 / JU-P
Past imperfect French intellectuals, 1944-1956 - New York New York University Press 2011 - x,348p. 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
9780814743560
2010051539
Intellectuals--History--France--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Influence.
Communism--History--20th century.
France--Intellectual life--20th century.
France--Politics and government--1945-1958.
France--Moral conditions--History--20th century.
France--Relations--Europe.
Europe--Relations--France.
Europe--Intellectual life--20th century.
Europe--Politics and government--1945-
DC33.7 / .J842 2011
305.5520944 / JU-P