Thinking the Twentieth Century

✍ Scribed by Judt, Tony; Snyder, Timothy; Judt, Tony

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

"Ideas crackle" in this triumphant final book of Tony Judt, taking readers on "a wild ride through the ideological currents and shoals of 20th century thought." (Los Angeles Times) One of our most brilliant historians, Tony Judt brings the past century vividly to life in this unprecedented and original history. Structured as a series of intimate conversations between Judt and his friend and fellow historian Timothy Read more...

Abstract: "Ideas crackle" in this triumphant final book of Tony Judt, taking readers on "a wild ride through the ideological currents and shoals of 20th century thought." (Los Angeles Times) One of our most brilliant historians, Tony Judt brings the past century vividly to life in this unprecedented and original history. Structured as a series of intimate conversations between Judt and his friend and fellow historian Timothy Snyder, Thinking the Twentieth Century presents the triumphs and the failures of the twentieth century's most prominent intellectuals and their ideas, guiding readers through the debates that defined our world. Spanning an era with unprecedented clarity and insight, Thinking the Twentieth Century is a tour de force: a masterful analysis of the life of the mind and an unforgettable guide to leading the mindful life

✦ Table of Contents

Content: The name remains: Jewish questioner --
London and language: English writer --
Familial socialism: political Marxist --
King's and kibbutzim: Cambridge Zionist --
Paris, California: French intellectual --
Generation of understanding: East European liberal --
Unities and fragments: European historian --
Age of responsibility: American moralist --
The banality of good: social democrat.

✦ Subjects

Judt, Tony;Interviews;Judt, Tony;Political and social views;Judt, Tony;Political science;Philosophy;History;20th century;History;Philosophy;20th century;Intellectual life;History;20th century;HISTORY;United States;20th Century;History;Philosophy;Intellectual life;Political and social views;Political science;Philosophy

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