Intellectuals in Twentieth-Century France: Mandarins and Samurais (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333498897)

This book examines the role and place of the intellectual in twentieth-century French society. The essays are for the most part written by eminent French scholars and make available to the English-speaking reader a growing body of research which explores the ethical and historical issues raised by the prominence of the intellectual in politics since the Dreyfus Affair. The volume concludes with an examination of the contrasting and complementary roles of the French and British intellectual.

Author: Jeremy Jennings
ISBN-10: 0333498895
ISBN-13: 9780333498897
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 12/18/1992
Pages: 233
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d