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The Dreyfus Affair and the rise of the French public intellectual /

"With mini-portraits of the key players and a detailed chronology, this telling volume combines rigorous scholarship with cultural commentary to demonstrate the continued relevance of the example set by Dreyfus and his many supporters"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Conner, Tom, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Setting the stage: the affair and fin-de-siècle France
  • The criminal case against Alfred Dreyfus: his arrest, conviction, degradation, and the long struggle for rehabilitation
  • Bernard Lazare and the beginnings of the affair
  • The term intellectuel: from barbarisme to mass phenomenon
  • Emile Zola: a hero in the making
  • Zola's world: friends, foes, and leagues
  • Watching from the sidelines: non-committed intellectuals during the Dreyfus Affair
  • Intellectuals in the aftermath of the Dreyfus Affair: the nationalist revival and the move right
  • Conclusion: lessons of the Dreyfus Affair.