Intellectuals and Politics in Post-War France

Intellectuals and Politics in Post-War France
ISBN-10
0230509630
ISBN-13
9780230509634
Category
Political Science
Pages
254
Language
English
Published
2001-11-11
Publisher
Springer
Author
D. Drake

Description

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.

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