Setting the stage: the affair and fin-de-siècle France -- The criminal case against Alfred Dreyfus: his arrest, conviction, degradation, and the long struggle for rehabilitation -- Bernard Lazare and the beginnings of the affair -- The term intellectuel: from barbarisme to mass phenomenon -- Emile Zola: a hero in the making -- Zola's world: friends, foes, and leagues -- Watching from the sidelines: non-committed intellectuals during the Dreyfus Affair -- Intellectuals in the aftermath of the Dreyfus Affair: the nationalist revival and the move right -- Conclusion: lessons of the Dreyfus Affair
Summary
"With mini-portraits of the key players and a detailed chronology, this telling volume combines rigorous scholarship with cultural commentary to demonstrate the continued relevance of the example set by Dreyfus and his many supporters"-- Provided by publisher
