Intellectuals and Politics in Post-War France (French Politics, Society and Culture)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: January 12, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780333778081
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; Political activism; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; History; Sociology; Politics/International Relations; Europe - France; General; Popular Culture - General; Social Science / Popular Culture; 1945-; 20th century; France; Intellectual life; Politics and culture; Politics and government
First sentence: On 26 August 1944, a week after the opening shots of the popular uprising in Paris that marked the start of the liberation of the city, Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French and head of the Provisional Government, led a triumphant parade down the Champs-Elysees.