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How the French think : an affectionate portrait of an intellectual people /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hazareesingh, Sudhir
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015]
Subjects:
Philosophy, French.
France > Intellectual life.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • A yearning towards universality
  • The skull of Descartes
  • Darkness and light
  • Landscapes of Utopia
  • The ideals of science
  • To the left, and to the right
  • The sum of their parts
  • Interlude: new paths to the present
  • Freedom and domination
  • Writing for everybody
  • The end of history
  • The closing of the French mind
  • Anxiety and optimism.