The Dreyfus Affair and the rise of the French public intellectual / Tom Conner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conner, Tom, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935--Influence.

Dreyfus, Alfred.

Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935.

France--Politics and government--1870-1940.

France.

Politics and government.

Trials (Treason)--Political aspects--France.

Trials (Treason).

Trials (Treason)--Political aspects.

Intellectuals--Political activity--France.

Intellectuals.

Intellectuals--Political activity.

France--Intellectual life.

Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

v, 274 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0786478624

9780786478620

OCLC:

862101930

Publisher Number:

99960488942