The Unfinished Past: French Intellectuals (1944-1956)
by I
About This Novel
After World War II, French intellectuals played a uniquely important role in European cultural and political life. In this work, Tony Judt analyzes the biggest conflict in intellectual circles: how to respond to the promises and betrayals of communism; and how to maintain persistence in radical ideas in the face of the hypocrisy of the former Soviet Union under Stalin, the new communist Eastern Europe, and France itself. Judt shows us how these pioneering intellectuals defended certain "show trials" after the war, ignored the tyranny and terror behind communism, and even spread the theory to the public that the Soviet-style road was the only way to liberation. In addition, this book also provides a detailed description of the drama and struggle for power and gain among intellectuals at that time. The objects of its attention include not only the representative figures of "existentialism" - Sartre, Camus and Beauvoir, but also important Catholic philosophers, journalists, literary critics, etc.
What Readers Think
Rating
Community(0)
Rating
Community(0)
