How the French think
Subtitle: an affectionate portrait of an intellectual people
By: Sudhir Hazareesingh
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780465032495
Subjects: French Philosophy; Intellectual life
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-322) and index.
Table of contents: title: A yearning toward universality; title: The skull of Descartes; title: Darkness and light; title: Landscapes of Utopia; title: The ideals of science; title: To the left, and to the right; title: The sum of their parts; title: New paths to the present; title: Freedom and domination; title: Writing for everybody; title: The end of history; title: The closing of the French mind; title: Anxiety and optimism.