The Burden of Responsibility : Blum, Camus, Aron, and the French Twentieth Century

Judt, Tony

Univ of Chicago Pr（1998/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 196 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780226414188
• DDC分類 944.080922

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 1998. Examines pivotal issues in the history of contemporary French society - antisemitism and the dilemma of Jewish identity, political and moral idealism in public life, the Marxist moment in French thought, the traumas of decolonization, etc.

Full Description

Using the lives of three French intellectuals of the 20th century, this text looks at how intellectuals can ignore political pressures and demonstrate a heroic commitment to personal integrity unfettered by the difficult exigencies of their time. The text examines issues such as: antisemitism and the dilemma of Jewish identity; political and moral idealism in public life; the Marxist movement in French thought; the traumas of decolonization; the disaffection of the intelligentsia; and the insidious quarrels rending Right and Left. Particular emphasis is put on Leon Blum's leadership of the Popular Front and his defiance of the Vichy governments, on Albert Camus's part in the Resistance and Algerian War, and on Raymond Aron's cultural commentary and opposition to the facile acceptance by many French intellectuals of communism's utopian promise.

Contents

Preface Introduction: The Misjudgment of Paris 1: The Prophet Spurned: Leon Blum and the Price of Compromise 2: The Reluctant Moralist: Albert Camus and the Discomforts of Ambivalence 3: The Peripheral Insider: Raymond Aron and the Wages of Reason Further Reading Index