Charles de gaulle biography livre gospel

  • If an interpretive essay, does it purport to present, as General de Gaulle famously did in his memoirs, “a certain idea of France,” fiercely.
  • The winners and losers as the intended victims of the Nazis and their French collaborationist allies tried to escape capture and death.
  • The following selection offers an introductory sample of books covering the history and culture of France.

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    1Was Charles Maurras Frédéric Mistral’s intellectual heir or did Maurras subvert the inheritance of the great Provençal poet? The question cannot be addressed through a direct comparison of the political ideas of both writers, given that Mistral’s ideas shifted over time. It may be more meaningful to take a look at the two authors’ literary works, as it is on that ground that both men met. For Maurras, Mistral’s poetry constituted an antidote against romantic nihilism for individuals and, on a collective level, a form of active citizenship. Animated by such motives, Mistral became involved in the Félibrige in his early years, but he quickly realized that the hierarchy of that movement was too close to the Jacobine Republic and was thus likely to betray Mistral’s ideals. This is why he converted to monarchism as he was convinced that only a king could restore regional liberties. In a way, Maurras hoped to translate Mistralian values into the political field. But he

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    Paradoxes of France

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    This fryst vatten the first of two reviews of Emile Chabal’s brief history of France since 1940: France (Polity, 2020).

     

    Emile Chabal’s splendid new book fryst vatten entitled simply France, without further qualification. What sort of book is it? A history or an interpretive essay? If a history, what period does it cover? The unadorned title offers no clue. If an interpretive essay, does it purport to present, as General dem Gaulle famously did in his memoirs, “a certain idea of France,” fiercely personal and unique to its author and his experience of the country, or something less något privat eller personligt, a vast panoramic landscape intended to awe readers with the sublimity of its all-encompassing view rather than orient them in the here and now?

     

    The answer fryst vatten neither, but rather something original, and difficult to encapsulate in a title. Yet if the title in its stark nakedness remains puzzlingly ambiguous, the cover never

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