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The Cultural and Intellectual Rebuilding of France After the Second World War

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Michael Kelly
    Pages 1-11

  3. Contexts for Rebuilding

    • Michael Kelly
    Pages 12-32

  4. Inventing a Language

    • Michael Kelly
    Pages 33-58

  5. Finding the Symbols

    • Michael Kelly
    Pages 59-83

  6. Workers and Intellectuals

    • Michael Kelly
    Pages 84-105

  7. Regendering the Nation

    • Michael Kelly
    Pages 106-126

  8. The Humanist Moment

    • Michael Kelly
    Pages 127-154

  9. The Battle of Ideas

    • Michael Kelly
    Pages 155-179

  10. Conclusion

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    Pages 180-187

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 188-232
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About this book

This book reveals how France reinvented itself in the aftermath of World War Two. After foreign military interventions, the French political and intellectual elites embraced regime change and launched an urgent programme of nation building. They rebuilt French national identity with whatever material was available, and created a vibrant new cultural and intellectual life. The cost to subordinated groups, however, especially women, still casts a long shadow over French values and attitudes. In this, perhaps, there are lessons and implications for other countries, struggling to rebuild themselves after conflict.

About the author

Michael Kelly is Professor of French in the Modern Languages Department, University of Southampton, UK. His research interests include French culture and society and public policy on languages. Mike is Director of the UK Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (Southampton), with a remit to support these subjects in higher education across the UK. His previous publications include The Cultural and Intellectual Rebuilding of France after the Second World War, The European Language Teacher (co-authored) and Setting the Agenda for Languages in Higher Education (co-edited).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Cultural and Intellectual Rebuilding of France After the Second World War

  • Authors: Michael Kelly

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230511163

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-3376-8Published: 23 September 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-51684-1Published: 01 January 2004

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-51116-3Published: 23 September 2004

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 232

  • Topics: European History, Modern History, Social History, Cultural History, History of France

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