Time and Radical Politics in France - From the Dreyfus Affair to the First World War

How does our perception of time shape our political ideas and commitments? This cutting-edge monograph makes a major contribution to the history of time by exploring how thinkers and activists of the French radical left and right conceived of the past, present and future in the period between the Dreyfus Affair and the First World War.

About the author

Alexandra Paulin-Booth is a Postdoctoral Researcher and Academic Coordinator at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Summary

How does our perception of time shape our political ideas and commitments? This cutting-edge monograph makes a major contribution to the history of time by exploring how thinkers and activists of the French radical left and right conceived of the past, present and future in the period between the Dreyfus Affair and the First World War. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Alexandra Paulin-Booth
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9781526149640
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-4964-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Studies in Modern French and Francophone History; Studies in Modern French and F
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Social and cultural history, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950