Collaboration during World War II and the problems of retributive jurisprudence in the post—war period are in focus in a new book of a famous historian Tony Judt “The Politics of Retribution in Europe´. The author examines a sensitive issue of collaboration among civilians and analyses a vague difference between “social” and “political” collaboration. Besides [...]
05.13The Memory Chalet
The title of this Tony Judt`s book gives a clear allusion to some vague memories coming back through time and events. “The Memory Chalet” represents a collection of Judt`s remembrance going along with important historic event. In his reflections the author seems to come back to the past and assess what happened in different periods [...]
Religion in America: A Political History (Religion, Culture, and Public Life) Tony Judt books – click against the image beneath for more information. Features Tony Judt books Goods DescriptionAmerica is unique in that its political institutions preceded the development of a national identity. The American Revolution and penning of the constitution did not deepen a [...]
What do Leon Blum, Albert Camus, and Raymond Aron have in common? Tony Judt examines these brilliant representatives of French intelligentsia and shows how they could defy public opinion and uphold their own principles. Blind devotion to different extremist ideologies is typical for French intellectuals of the twentieth century. In his book “The Burden of [...]
A rather provocative collection of historical essays covering significant biographies and works about the twentieth—century history. In his book “Reappraisals — Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century” historian Tony Judt (well—known for his “Postwar — a History of Europe since 1945“) studies such important notions like Communism and the cold war. Judt`s work is essentially [...]
Albert Camus, Jean—Paul Sartr, Simone de Beauvoir and other outstanding representatives of French intellectual elite pretended not to see the crimes against humanity in the Stalinized Soviet Union and tried to protect its aggressive external policy in Eastern Europe. Why the cream of French intelligentsia who were heralds of “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité” justified the communist [...]
Global Report – 27-November-2008 http://www.instablogs.com/ Serial blasts rock Mumbai First of all I would like to express my deepest condolences to all those who have suffered the loss of their loved ones. 27 November will go in the books element another black day for Mumbai. In the series of terrorist attacks in Bombay within the [...]
La politique DE Confusion, du monolinguisme d’État au plurilinguisme des peuples Tony Judt books – sound on the image below for more information. Features Tony Judt books Product DescriptionA une époque où l’anglais est en passe Delaware devenir la langue véhiculaire des pays de l’Union, sans qu’il y ait jamais eu de politique linguistique européenne [...]
Pluralingualism and monolingualism in European countries and renaissance of national languages in former soviet republics are subjects of the book “Language, Nation, and State — Identity Politics in a Multilingual Age” by Tony Judt. The author reviews the role of different languages in the history of the modern Europe and analyses the importance of the [...]
05.05Ill Fares the Land
In his work “Ill Fares the Land” Tony Judt, a well—known historian and author of many political essays, presents his opinion about how the world has come to the present embarrassing state. He thinks people may have a wrong understanding about how they should live in the present world and what they should do to [...]