The end of the French intellectual : from Zola to Houellebecq

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The end of the French intellectual : from Zola to Houellebecq

Shlomo Sand ; translated by David Fernbach

Verso, 2018, c2016

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Fin de l'intellectuel français?

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Fin de l'intellectuel français?

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Includes index

First published as "La fin de l'intellectuel français?", in 2016

Contents of Works

  • Preface: the intellectual as object / a 'Selfie'?
  • Introduction: the city and the pen
  • Intellectuals in the torment of the century
  • The Dreyfus affairs: human rights or author's rights?
  • From Voltaire to Bourdieu: who are the 'true intellectuals'?
  • Marx and his descendants: symbolic capital or political capital?
  • The discreet charm of fascism: flirtation or love story?
  • Twilight of the idols: the critical intellectual domesticated?
  • Islamophobia and the intellectuals' 'rhinoceritis'
  • From Houellebecq to Charlie Hebdo: submission or humour?
  • From Finkielkraut to Zemmour: decadence or xenophobia?

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