How the French Think

An Affectionate Portrait of an Intellectual People

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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WINNER OF THE GRAND PRIX DU LIVRE D'IDÉESThe French: serious and frivolous, charming and infuriating, rational and mystical, pessimistic, pleasure-loving - and perhaps more than any other people, intellectual. This original and entertaining book shows exactly what makes the French so ... French.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-06-30
Mått129 x 198 x 25 mm
Vikt342 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor448
FörlagPenguin Books Ltd
ISBN9780241961063

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Sudhir Hazareesingh was born in Mauritius. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and has been a Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Balliol College, Oxford, since 1990. He has written extensively about French intellectual and cultural history; among his books are The Legend of Napoleon, In the Shadow of the General and How the French Think. He won the Prix du Mémorial d'Ajaccio and the Prix de la Fondation Napoléon for the first of these, a Prix d'Histoire du Sénat for the second, and the Grand Prix du Livre d'Idées for the third. In 2020, he became a Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (G.C.S.K.), the highest distinction in the Mauritian honours system.