How the French think : an affectionate portrait of an intellectual people /
Hazareesingh, Sudhir, 1961-
How the French think : an affectionate portrait of an intellectual people / Sudhir Hazareesingh. - xii, 338 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
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.
Traces the story of French intellectual thought to demonstrate how French ideas have fundamentally shaped the modern West, citing the contributions of such figures as Descartes, Rousseau, and Voltaire.
9780465032495 (hardcover) 0465032494 (hardcover)
2015022738
Philosophy, French.
Filosofía francesa
France--Intellectual life.
Francia --Vida intelectual
B 1801 / H428h 2015
194
How the French think : an affectionate portrait of an intellectual people / Sudhir Hazareesingh. - xii, 338 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
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.
Traces the story of French intellectual thought to demonstrate how French ideas have fundamentally shaped the modern West, citing the contributions of such figures as Descartes, Rousseau, and Voltaire.
9780465032495 (hardcover) 0465032494 (hardcover)
2015022738
Philosophy, French.
Filosofía francesa
France--Intellectual life.
Francia --Vida intelectual
B 1801 / H428h 2015
194