Thinking the Twentieth Century - Hardcover

Thinking the Twentieth Century.

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Buchbeschreibung Hardcover with dust jacket. Zustand: Gut. XVII, 414 p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Schutzumschlag berieben, minimale Randläsuren, sonst ein gutes Exemplar / dust jacket rubbed, minimal edgewear, otherwise a good copy. - The final book of the brilliant historian and indomitable public critic Tony Judt, Thinking the Twentieth Century maps the issues and concerns of a turbulent age onto a life of intellectual conflict and engagement. The twentieth century comes to life as an age of ideas a time when, for good and for ill, the thoughts of the few reigned over the lives of the many. Judt presents the triumphs and the failures of prominent intellectuals, adeptly explaining both their ideas and the risks of their political commitments. Spanning an era with unprecedented clarity and insight, Thinking the Twentieth Century is a tour de force, a classic engagement of modern thought by one of the century s most incisive thinkers. The exceptional nature of this work is evident in its very structure a series of intimate conversations between Judt and his friend and fellow historian Timothy Snyder, grounded in the texts of the time and focused by the intensity of their vision. Judt s astounding eloquence and range are on display here as never before. Traversing the complexities of modern life with ease, he and Snyder revive both thoughts and thinkers, guiding us through the debates that made our world. As forgotten ideas are revisited and fashionable trends scrutinized, the shape of a century emerges. Judt and Snyder draw us deep into their analysis, making us feel that we too are part of the conversation. We become aware of the obligations of the present to the past, and the force of historical perspective and moral considerations in the critique and reform of society, then and now. In restoring and indeed exemplifying the best of intellectual life in the twentieth century, Thinking the Twentieth Century opens pathways to a moral life for the twenty-first. This is a book about the past, but it is also an argument for the kind of future we should strive for: Thinking the Twentieth Century is about the life of the mind and the mindful life. / CONTENTS: FOREWORD (Timothy Snyder) 1. THE NAME REMAINS: JEWISH QUESTIONER 2. LONDON AND LANGUAGE: ENGLISH WRITER 3. FAMILIAL SOCIALISM: POLITICAL MARXIST 4. KING S AND KIBBUTZIM: CAMBRIDGE ZIONIST 5. PARIS, CALIFORNIA: FRENCH INTELLECTUAL 6. GENERATION OF UNDERSTANDING: EAST EUROPEAN LIBERAL 7. UNITIES AND FRAGMENTS: EUROPEAN HISTORIAN 8. AGE OF RESPONSIBILITY: AMERICAN MORALIST. ISBN 9781594203237 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 630. Artikel-Nr. 1204668

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