Past Imperfect: French Intellectuals, 1944-1956
“Past Imperfect is a forthright and uncommonly damning study of those intellectually volatile years [1944-1956]. Mr. Judt…does more than simply describe the ideological acrobats of his subjects; he is a sharp, even a vindictive moralist who indicts these intellectuals for their inhumanity in...
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“Past Imperfect is a forthright and uncommonly damning study of those intellectually volatile years [1944-1956]. Mr. Judt…does more than simply describe the ideological acrobats of his subjects; he is a sharp, even a vindictive moralist who indicts these intellectuals for their inhumanity in failing to test their political thought against political reality.”-John Sturrock, New York Times Book Review
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780814743560 (0814743560)
Publish date: May 1st 2011
Publisher: New York University Press
Pages no: 348
Edition language: English