Élie Halévy : Republican liberalism confronts the era of tyranny / K. Steven Vincent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vincent, K. Steven, author.

Series:

Intellectual history of the modern age.

Intellectual history of the modern age

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Halévy, Élie, 1870-1937.

Halévy, Élie.

Historians--France--Biography.

Historians.

Intellectuals--France--Biography.

Intellectuals.

France--Intellectual life--19th century.

France.

France--Intellectual life--20th century.

Genre:

Biographies

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.) : 7 illus.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this densely contextualized biography, K. Steven Vincent describes how Élie Halevy (1870-1937), one of the most respected and influential intellectuals of the French Third Republic, confronted the Dreyfus Affair, World War I, and the rise of interwar totalitarianism while defending a distinctively French version of liberalism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Early Years

Chapter 2. Revue de Metaphysique et de Morale

Chapter 3. British Utilitarianism (1896-1904)

Chapter 4. The Dreyfus Affair (1897-1901)

Chapter 5. L'École Libre des Sciences Politiques and Socialism (1902-1914)

Chapter 6. British Affairs: Empire, Methodism, and English Socialists (1905-1914)

Chapter 7. World War I (1914-1918)

Chapter 8. Post War (1918-1924)

Chapter 9. "The World Crisis" Reconsidered (1924-1932)

Chapter 10. The Era of Tyrannies (1932-1937)

Conclusion

Notes

Index

Acknowledgments

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8122-9697-4

OCLC:

1155941603