French intellectuals and politics from the Dreyfus Affair to the Occupation / / David Drake

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823463503321
• Autore: Drake David <1946->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
• ISBN: 1-280-28245-2; 9786610282456; 0-230-00609-4
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2005.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XII, 214 pages)
• Collana: French politics, society, and culture series
• Disciplina: 944.081
• Soggetti: Politics and culture - France - History - 20th century; France Intellectual life 20th century; France Politics and government 1870-1940
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-206) and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: A companion volume to Drake's Intellectuals and Politics in Post-War France (2002), French Intellectuals from the Dreyfus Affair to the Occupation traces the political positions adopted by French writers and artists from the end of the 19th century to the Liberation. Drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, it offers a clear and accessible analysis of the intellectuals' engagement with nationalism, pacifism, communism, anti-communism, surrealism, fascism and anti-fascism, which is located within the evolving national and international context of the period.