LEADER 04860cam a2200733 i 4500001 258100 005 20240621231159.0 008 170705s2014 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 2013026942 020 9780307595157 |q(hardback) 020 0307595153 |q(hardback) 020 9780307742360 |q(paperback) 020 0307742369 |q(paperback) 020 |z9780385351638 |q(e-book) 035 (OCoLC)ocn861496961 035 258100 042 pcc 043 e-fr--- 049 LHMA 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dIG# |dYDXCP |dBDX |dBTCTA |dIEP |dVP@ |dCDX |dABG |dCHVBK |dOCLCF |dOCL |dOCLCO |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO |dS3O |dOCLCO |dOCL |dLHM 050 00 DC389 |b.B76 2014 100 1 Brown, Frederick, |d1934- 245 14 The embrace of unreason : |bFrance, 1914-1940 / |cFrederick Brown. 250 First edition. 264 1 New York : |bAlfred A. Knopf, |c2014. 300 xi, 345 pages : |billustrations ; |c25 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 500 "This is a Borzoi Book."--Title page verso. 520 "From acclaimed biographer and cultural historian, author of For the Soul of France ("Masterful history ... hard to put down."--Henry Kissinger); Zola ("Magnificent."--The New Yorker); andFlaubert ("Impeccable."-James Wood, cover, The New York Times Book Review)-a brilliant reconsideration of the events and the political, social, and religious movements that led to France's embrace of Fascism and anti-Semitism. Frederick Brown explores the tumultuous forces unleashed by the Dreyfus Affair, and examines how the clashing ideologies and the blood-soaked political scandals and artistic movements following the horror of World War I resulted in the country's era of militant authoritarianism; and how rioting, violent racism, and nationalistic fervor overtook France's sense of reason, sealed its fate, and led to the rise of the Vichy government. We see how the French intelligentsia turned away from the humanistic traditions and rationalistic ideals of the Enlightenment in favor of submission to authority that stressed patriotism, militarism, and xenophobia; how French conservatives attempted to rebuild and reshape the country's collective identity as the German threat loomed, as mistrust of the parliamentary Republic increased (a result of its illegal financial mismanagement of the building of the Panama Canal, and nostalgia for a monarchial government and the glories of wartime martyrdom); how the generation that came of age in the trenches, under fire, offered a new vision, and saw salvation in the surrender of reason to instinct. Brown masterfully brings to life Europe's-and France's-darkest modern years"-- |cProvided by publisher. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 The coming of war -- The making of a xenophobe -- The nightingale of the carnage -- The battle for Joan -- Royalism's deaf troubadour -- Spy mania and postwar revenge -- Scars of the trenches -- The rapture of the deep -- The Stavisky Affair -- The Congress of Writers for the Defense of Culture -- Totalitarian pavilions -- The hero of Verdun. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 651 0 France |xHistory |y1914-1940. 651 0 France |xPolitics and government |y1914-1940. 650 0 Fascism |zFrance |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Antisemitism |zFrance |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Art and society |zFrance |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 World War, 1914-1918 |zFrance |xInfluence. 650 7 HISTORY |zEurope |xGeneral. |2bisacsh 650 7 HISTORY |zEurope |xFrance. |2bisacsh 650 7 HISTORY |xModern |x20th Century. |2bisacsh 611 27 World War (1914-1918) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180746 650 7 Antisemitism. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00810769 650 7 Art and society. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00815432 650 7 Fascism. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00921551 650 7 Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00972484 650 7 Politics and government. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 France. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204289 600 17 Barrès, Maurice, |d1862-1923. |0(DE-588)118506684 |2gnd 600 17 Drieu La Rochelle, Pierre, |d1893-1945. |0(DE-588)118527487 |2gnd 600 17 Maurras, Charles, |d1868-1952. |0(DE-588)118782673 |2gnd 650 7 Autoritärer Staat. |0(DE-588)4256521-2 |2gnd 650 7 Kultur. |0(DE-588)4125698-0 |2gnd 651 7 Frankreich. |0(DE-588)4018145-5 |2gnd 650 7 Första världskriget 1914-1918. |2sao 650 7 Mellankrigstiden. |2sao 650 7 Konst och samhälle. |2sao 650 7 Fascism. |2sao 650 7 Antisemitism. |2sao 651 4 Frankrike. 648 7 1900-1999 |2fast 852 0 |bstacks |hDC389 |i.B76 2014