Past imperfect : French intellectuals, 1944-1956
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Past imperfect : French intellectuals, 1944-1956
New York University Press, c2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Tony Judt provides a sharp and intellectual ideological description of mid-twentieth century French intellectuals
"Past Imperfect is a forthright and uncommonly damning study of those intellectually volatile years [1944-1956]. Mr. Judt...does more than simply describe the ideological acrobats of his subjects; he is a sharp, even a vindictive moralist who indicts these intellectuals for their inhumanity in failing to test their political thought against political reality."-John Sturrock, New York Times Book Review
Table of Contents
AcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTIONPART ONE: THE FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES? 1. Decline and Fall2. In the Light of Experience3. Resistance and Revenge4. What is Political Justice? PART TWO: THE BLOOD OF OTHERS 5. Show Trials6. The Blind Force of History7. Today Things Are Clear PART THREE: THE TREASON OF THE INTELLECTUALS 8. The Sacrifices of Russian People9. About the East We Can Do Nothing10. America Has Gone Mad11. We Must Not Disillusion the Workers PART FOUR: THE MIDDLE KINGDOM 12. Liberalism, There Is the Enemy13. Gesta Dei per Francos14 Europe and the French Intellectuals CONCLUSION: GOODBYE TO ALL THAT?SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READINGINDEX
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