Intellectuals in 20th-Century France - Mandarins and Samurais 9781349225033, 9781349225019, 9780312085919

Table of contents :
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction: Mandarins and Samurais: The Intellectual in Modern France....Pages 1-32
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who is the True Intellectual of Them All? Self-images of the Intellectual in France....Pages 33-58
Intellectuals as Actors: Image and Reality....Pages 59-81
The Concept of an Intellectual Generation....Pages 82-93
Academics or Intellectuals? The Professors of the University of Paris and Political Debate in France from the Dreyfus Affair to the Algerian War....Pages 94-116
Intellectuals, Pacifism and Communism: The Mandarins and the Struggle for Peace (1914–53)....Pages 117-139
French Intellectuals and a German Europe: An Aspect of Collaboration....Pages 140-156
Anti-intellectualism in French Political Culture....Pages 157-176
The Intellectual, the Historian and the Journalist....Pages 177-186
About Intellectuals....Pages 187-198
Intellectuals in Britain and France in the Twentieth Century: Confusions, Contrasts — and Convergence?....Pages 199-225
Back Matter....Pages 227-233

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Edited and introduced by Jeremy Jennings

Intellectuals in Twentieth-Century France Mandarins and Samurais

INTELLECTUALS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY FRANCE

Also by Jeremy Jennings andfrom the same publishers GEORGES SOREL: The Character and Development of his Thought SYNDICALISM IN FRANCE: A Study of Ideas

Intellectuals in Twentieth-Century France Mandarins and Samurais Edited and introduced by Jeremy Jennings

Senior Lecturer in French Political Thought and Government University of Swansea, Wales

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Selection, editorial matter and Introduction © J. R. Jennings 1993 Chapters 2-10 © The Macmillan Press Lid 1993 Chapter 11 © Stefan Collini 1993 Softcover reprint of the hardcover I st edition 1993 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written pennission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written pennission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the tenns of any licence pennitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WI P 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published in Great Britain 1993 by THE MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 2XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world This book is published in the St Antony's / Macmillan Series General Editor: Rosemary Thorp A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-349-22503-3 ISBN 978-1-349-22501-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-22501-9 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufucturing processes are expected to confonn to the environmental regulations of the countzy of origin.

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First published in the United States of America 1993 by Scholarly and Reference Division, ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, INC., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 ISBN 978-0-312-08591-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Intellectuals in twentieth-century France: Mandarins and Samurais/ edited and introduced by Jeremy Jennings. p. cm. Includes indeit. ISBN 978-0-312-08591-9 I. France-Intellectual life-20th century. 2. lntellectuals­ -France-Political activity-History-20th century. 3. France-Politics and government-20th century. 4. Politics and culturc--France-History-20th century. I. Jennings, Jeremy, 1952DC33.7.1566 1993 92-I 9656 001.1'0944--