Intellectuals and Politics in Post-War France

1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-1-349-41768-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 342 g

Reihe: French Politics, Society and Culture

What did French intellectuals have to say about Gaullism, the Cold War colonialism, the women's movement, and the events of May '68? David Drake examines the political commitment of intellectuals in France from Sartre and Camus to Bernard-Henri Lévy and Bourdieu. In this accessible study, he explores why there was a radical reassessment of the intellectual's role in the mid 1970s-80s and how a new generation engaged with Islam, racism, the Balkan Wars and the strikes of 1995.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Drake, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction Liberation, Épuration, Existentialism and Marxism The Onset of the Cold War From Kravchenko to Hungary via Korea Colonialism and Anticolonialism May, Mao and the End of the 'Classic Intellectual'? From 'The Silence of the Intellectuals' to the End of the Millennium Conclusion Index

Über Autor(innen)

DAVID DRAKE is Principal Lecturer in French at Middlesex University. He is the Secretary of the UK Society for Sartrean Studies and his articles and book reviews on French intellectuals (especially Sartre) and French politics and society have appeared in a number of publications including the , the the and