Pierre Nora | François Dosse

EAN : 9782262033798

Shaping : BROCHE

Pages : 660

Size : 154 x 240 mm

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PIERRE NORA

François Dosse

Release date : 24/02/2011

With the first biography of this major figure of history and human sciences in France, historian Françoise Dosse paints a panorama of French intellectual life of the last nearly-half century, the golden age of human sciences. The little Jewish boy, hunted by the Gestapo, who became a member of the... With the first biography of this major figure of history and human sciences in France, historian Françoise Dosse paints a panorama of French intellectual life of the last nearly-half century, the golden age of human sciences. The little Jewish boy, hunted by the Gestapo, who became a member of the Académie française, Pierre Nora's extraordinary career has led him to the forefront of intellectual life, both in France and abroad. Academic, journalist, editor, in the last several decades he has left his mark on the moral and political landscape as well. Outstanding editor at the Gallimard publishing house, he invented another way of contemplating and writing history, anthropology, and sociology with collections such as “Archives” and “Témoins”, the Bibliothèque des Sciences humaines and the Bibliothèque des Histoires. The “Lieux de mémoire » [Places of Memory], a mammoth endeavor of seven volumes, has become an institution, and the review, Le Débat, which he founded and still directs, is the crucible of new ideas. This book is a parade of the great figures of the French intelligentsia, but equally interesting is the discovery of the man himself, his exceptional family, the tragedies of his youth, his hidden vocation as a writer, his strong and diverse friendships, his courageous political commitments that may sometimes appear to be mere urbanity, and his stance as a Jewish intellectual, passionately attached to France and to the Republic. An inside view of this remarkable man is a key to understanding 20th century French intellectual life.

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EAN : 9782262033798

Shaping : BROCHE

Pages : 660

Size : 154 x 240 mm

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