Acknowledgements --;Introduction --;Liberation, ¡puration, Existentialism and Marxism --;The Onset of the Cold War --;From Kravchenko to Hungary via Korea --;Colonialism and Anticolonialism --;May, Mao and the End of the 'Classic Intellectual'? --;From 'The Silence of the Intellectuals' to the End of the Millennium --;Conclusion --;Index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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What did French intellectuals have to say about Gaullism, the Cold War colonialism, the women's movement, and the events of May '68? In this accessible study, he explores why there was a radical reassessment of the intellectual's role in the mid 1970s-80s and how a new generation engaged with Islam, racism, the Balkan Wars and the strikes of 1995.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
France -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
France -- Politics and government -- 1945-
Politics and culture -- France -- History -- 20th century.