The end of the French intellectual : from Zola to Houellebecq /: from Zola to Houellebecq. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Fin de l'intellectuel français?
• Further Information: Note: Shlomo Sand ; translated by David Fernbach.
• Authors: Sand, Shlomo
• Other Names: Fernbach, David translator.
• Contents: Preface : the intellectual as object--a 'Selfie'? -- Introduction : the city and the pen -- part 1. Intellectuals in the torment of the century -- The Dreyfus affairs : human rights or author's rights? -- From Voltaire to Bourdieu : who are the 'true intellectuals'? -- Marx and his descendants : symbolic capital or political capital? -- The discreet charm of fascism : flirtation or love story? -- Twilight of the idols : the critical intellectual domesticated? -- part 2. Islamophobia and the intellectuals' 'rhinoceritis' -- From Houellebecq to Charlie Hebdo : submission or humour? -- From Finkielkraut to Zemmour : decadence or xenophobia?.
• Publisher Details: London Brooklyn, NY : Verso
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiii, 278 pages)
• Subjects: 305.5/520944; Intellectuals -- France -- History; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies; France -- Intellectual life; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786635112; 1786635119; 9781786635105; 1786635100
• Related ISBNs: 9781786635082; 1786635089
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.