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Europe´s Intellectuals and the Cold War: The European Society of Culture, Post-War Politics and International Relations
Nancy Jachec
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Hardback. The first history of an influential organisation and a new look at Cold War politics. Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History. Num Pages: 344 pages, 29 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 223 x 37. Weight in Grams: 596.
In 1950, nearly 300 of Europe's leading artists, philosophers and writers formed an international society intended to end the Cold War. The European Society of Culture was composed of many of Western Europe's best-known intellectuals, including Theodor Adorno, Julien Benda, Albert Camus, Benedetto Croce, Andre Gide, J. B. Haldane, Karl Jaspers, Carl Jung, Thomas Mann, Henri Matisse, Francois Mauriac, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jean-Paul Sartre, Giuseppe Ungaretti and Albert Schweitzer, among many others; over the next twenty years it would also include many luminaries from the East, such as Bertolt Brecht, Ernst Bloch, Ilya Ehrenburg and Georg Lukacs. Pioneering the earliest political ... Read more
In 1950, nearly 300 of Europe's leading artists, philosophers and writers formed an international society intended to end the Cold War. The European Society of Culture was composed of many of Western Europe's best-known intellectuals, including Theodor Adorno, Julien Benda, Albert Camus, Benedetto Croce, Andre Gide, J. B. Haldane, Karl Jaspers, Carl Jung, Thomas Mann, Henri Matisse, Francois Mauriac, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jean-Paul Sartre, Giuseppe Ungaretti and Albert Schweitzer, among many others; over the next twenty years it would also include many luminaries from the East, such as Bertolt Brecht, Ernst Bloch, Ilya Ehrenburg and Georg Lukacs. Pioneering the earliest political ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
International Library of Twentieth Century History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780763705
SKU
V9781780763705
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About Nancy Jachec
Nancy Jachec is a former academic, and has been writing about international cultural relations for the past 20 years. She holds an MA from the Courtauld Institute of Art and a PhD from University College London. Her previous books include The Philosophy and Politics of Abstract Expressionism 1940-1960 (Cambridge UP, 2000), Painting and Politics at the Venice Biennale, 1948-64: Italy ... Read more
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