The Obstructed Path: French Social Thought in the Years of Desperation, 1930–1960
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The Obstructed Path: French Social Thought in the Years of Desperation, 1930–1960 is a historical and intellectual study by H. Stuart Hughes examining the development and crises of French social and political thought from the interwar period through the post–World War II era.
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| The Obstructed Path: French Social Thought in the Years of Desperation, 1930–1960 canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: The Obstructed Path: French Social Thought in the Years of Desperation, 1930–1960 Context triple: [H. Stuart Hughes, notableWork, The Obstructed Path: French Social Thought in the Years of Desperation, 1930–1960]
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Target entity: The Obstructed Path: French Social Thought in the Years of Desperation, 1930–1960 Target entity description: The Obstructed Path: French Social Thought in the Years of Desperation, 1930–1960 is a historical and intellectual study by H. Stuart Hughes examining the development and crises of French social and political thought from the interwar period through the post–World War II era.
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A.
Michel Foucault et ses contemporains
Michel Foucault et ses contemporains is a critical study by Didier Eribon that situates Michel Foucault’s thought in relation to the major intellectual and political debates of his time.
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B.
The General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century
The General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century is a seminal 1851 political treatise by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon that articulates his anarchist vision of social and economic reorganization without centralized state authority.
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C.
Reason and Revolution
Reason and Revolution is a seminal 1941 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that critically interprets Hegel and traces the development of critical theory and modern social thought.
-
D.
Only Paradoxes to Offer: French Feminists and the Rights of Man
"Only Paradoxes to Offer: French Feminists and the Rights of Man" is a seminal historical and theoretical study by Joan W. Scott that examines how French feminists from the Revolution onward engaged with and challenged the universalist yet exclusionary principles of modern democratic rights.
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E.
L’Année sociologique circle
L’Année sociologique circle was an influential early 20th-century French sociological group centered around Émile Durkheim that helped establish sociology as a rigorous academic discipline.
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Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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historical study ⓘ intellectual history ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
history
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intellectual history ⓘ political science ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| author | H. Stuart Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| examines |
responses of French intellectuals to crisis
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social and political crises in France ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
French political thought between the World Wars and after 1945
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crises of French social thought ⓘ development of French social thought ⓘ |
| genre |
history of ideas
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intellectual history ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
historical
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interpretive ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
French political thought
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French social thought ⓘ intellectual history of France ⓘ |
| partOfWorkOf | H. Stuart Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfFocus | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Years of Desperation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| temporalCoverage |
1930–1960
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interwar period ⓘ post–World War II era ⓘ |
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Subject: The Obstructed Path: French Social Thought in the Years of Desperation, 1930–1960 Description of subject: The Obstructed Path: French Social Thought in the Years of Desperation, 1930–1960 is a historical and intellectual study by H. Stuart Hughes examining the development and crises of French social and political thought from the interwar period through the post–World War II era.
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