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

By: Language: English Publication details: London : Penguin Books, 2016Description: 426 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780241961063
  • 0241961068
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • B 1801 H428h 2016
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.
Summary: 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
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) B 1801 H428h 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000132615

Originally published: UK: Allen Lane, 2015.

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

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