{"product_id":"past-imperfect-french-intellectuals-1944-1956-9780814743560","title":"Past Imperfect: French Intellectuals, 1944-1956","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Judt provides a sharp and intellectual ideological description of mid-twentieth century French intellectuals\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003ePast Imperfect\u003c\/b\u003e is a forthright and uncommonly damning study of those intellectually volatile years [1944-1956]. Mr. Judt...does more than simply describe the ideological acrobats of his subjects; he is a sharp, even a vindictive moralist who indicts these intellectuals for their inhumanity in failing to test their political thought against political reality.\"--\u003cb\u003eJohn Sturrock\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJudt, Tony:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Tony Judt was a University Professor, the Erich Maria Remarque Professor of European Studies, and director of the Remarque Institute at NYU.","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328798134546,"sku":"9780814743560","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_24a39dec-8a95-4e0c-8103-8bac4719f15f.jpg?v=1727752182","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/past-imperfect-french-intellectuals-1944-1956-9780814743560","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}