The Dreyfus Affair and the rise of the French public intellectual / Tom Conner.

• Setting the stage: the affair and fin-de-siècle France -- The criminal case against Alfred Dreyfus: his arrest, conviction, degradation, and the long struggle for rehabilitation -- Bernard Lazare and the beginnings of the affair -- The term intellectuel: from barbarisme to mass phenomenon -- Emile Zola: a hero in the making -- Zola's world: friends, foes, and leagues -- Watching from the sidelines: non-committed intellectuals during the Dreyfus Affair -- Intellectuals in the aftermath of the Dreyfus Affair: the nationalist revival and the move right -- Conclusion: lessons of the Dreyfus Affair.

• "With mini-portraits of the key players and a detailed chronology, this telling volume combines rigorous scholarship with cultural commentary to demonstrate the continued relevance of the example set by Dreyfus and his many supporters"-- 

Ämnesord

Dreyfusaffären 1894-1906  (sao)

Trials (Treason)  -- Political aspects -- France. (LCSH)

Intellectuals  -- Political activity -- France. (LCSH)

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)  (fast)

Intellectual life.  (fast)

Politics and government  (fast)

Intellectuals  -- Political activity. (fast)

Trials (Treason)  -- Political aspects. (fast)

France  -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940. (LCSH)

France  -- Intellectual life. (LCSH)

France.  (fast)

Frankrike 

1870 - 1940  (fast)

Personnamn

Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935 -- Influence.

Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935.

Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935

Klassifikation

DC354 (LCC)

944.081/2 (DDC)

Kj (kssb/8 (machine generated))