The Cultural and Intellectual Rebuilding of France After the Second World War

Softcover Nachdruck of the Original 1. 2004 Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-349-51684-1
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 313 g

This book reveals how France reinvented itself in the aftermath of World War Two. After foreign military interventions, the French political and intellectual elites embraced regime change and launched an urgent programme of nation building. They rebuilt French national identity with whatever material was available, and created a vibrant new cultural and intellectual life. The cost to subordinated groups, however, especially women, still casts a long shadow over French values and attitudes. In this, perhaps, there are lessons and implications for other countries, struggling to rebuild themselves after conflict.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kelly, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Contexts for Rebuilding Inventing a Language Finding the Symbols Workers and Intellectuals Regendering the Nation The Humanist Movement The Battle of Ideas Conclusion Bibliography Endnotes

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Kelly is Professor of French in the Modern Languages Department, University of Southampton, UK. His research interests include French culture and society and public policy on languages. Mike is Director of the UK Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (Southampton), with a remit to support these subjects in higher education across the UK. His previous publications include The Cultural and Intellectual Rebuilding of France after the Second World War, The European Language Teacher (co-authored) and Setting the Agenda for Languages in Higher Education (co-edited).