French Intellectuals and Politics from the Dreyfus Affair to the Occupation (French Politics, Society and Culture)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: September 29, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780333778128
Subjects: Political ideologies; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Intellectual History; History; History - General History; History: World; Politics/International Relations; Europe - France; Political History; History / France; Political Science-Political History; Civilization; Essays; Sociology - General; 1870-1940; 20th century; France; Intellectual life; Politics and culture; Politics and government
Description: "This account analyses the political stances adopted by French writers and artists from the end of the nineteenth century to the Liberation. Opening with the 'Birth of the Intellectuals' during the Dreyfus Affair in the 1890s, it traces the political commitment of French intellectuals through World War One, and their subsequent responses to communism, pacifism, surrealism, the rise of fascism and the Occupation. It is a companion volume to Drake's Intellectuals and Politics in Post-War France (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002) and will be of interest to students of French cultural and intellectual history."--Jacket.