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Author Judt, Tony.

Title Thinking the twentieth century / Tony Judt, with Timothy Snyder
Published New York : Penguin Press, 2012

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Description xvii, 414 pages ; 25 cm
Contents 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
Summary Thinking the Twentieth Century maps the issues and concerns of a turbulent age onto a life of intellectual conflict and engagement. Tony Judt presents the triumphs and the failures of prominent intellectuals, adeptly explaining both their ideas and the risks of their political commitments.--[book jacket]
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Judt, Tony -- Interviews.
Judt, Tony -- Political and social views.
Political science -- Philosophy -- History -- 20th century.
History -- Philosophy -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Interviews.
Author Snyder, Timothy.
LC no. 2011031473
ISBN 9781594203237
1594203237
Other Titles Thinking the 20th century