Thinking the twentieth century
by Judt, Tony
Thinking the Twentieth Century maps the issues and concerns of a turbulent age onto a life of intellectual conflict and engagement. Tony Judt presents the triumphs and the failures of prominent intellectuals, adeptly explaining both their ideas and the risks of their political commitments.--[book jacket].
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- Full title :Thinking the twentieth century / Tony Judt, with Timothy Snyder.
Summary
Thinking the Twentieth Century maps the issues and concerns of a turbulent age onto a life of intellectual conflict and engagement. Tony Judt presents the triumphs and the failures of prominent intellectuals, adeptly explaining both their ideas and the risks of their political commitments.--[book jacket].
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- Publication Date:2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Penguin Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:xvii, 414 pages ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781594203237, 1594203237
- oclc:ocn729341530
- LC Classification:JC257.J83
- Dewey Decimal:320.092
Table of Contents
The name remains: Jewish questioner -- London and language: English writer -- Familial socialism: political Marxist -- King's and kibbutzim: Cambridge Zionist -- Paris, California: French intellectual -- Generation of understanding: East European liberal -- Unities and fragments: European historian -- Age of responsibility: American moralist -- The banality of good: social democrat.
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