- Summary
- Nathan Bracher's François Mauriac on Race, War, Politics, and Religion: The Great War through the 1960s consists of a selectin of some ninety editorials penned by the Catholic novelist and intellectual François Mauriac, who received the Nobel Prize for literature and who was admitted to the Académie Française in 1933. As is often the case for prominent writers and intellectuals in France, Mauriac becaome active in political punditry early in his career, at the time of World War I. Intensifying notably in the tumultuous yeras of the 1930s, this activity continued to expand during the next five decades. After 1952, Mauriac's editorials came to represent the most important dimension of his intellectual activity. He was, to cite the prominent journalist and intellectual Jean Daniel of Le NOuvel Observateur, France's most distinguished and formidable editoralist of the twentieth century. Bracher's book provides for the first time an opportunity for English-speaking readers to discover the incisive power, passionate humanity, and historical perspicacity that made his voice one of the most resonant in the French press. Mauriac's public stances on events left nobody indifferent. He was the first to denounce torture in Algeria, and he was the most eloquent in appealing to the heritage of humanism left by Montaigne and the Sermon on the Mount. The editorials collected here morever offer a series of striking perspectives on the most dramatic events that France had to confront throughout the twentieth century, from World War I, to the rise of Fascism and the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s, to the various episodes of World War II, on to the Cold War, the strains of decolonization in the 1950s, and the reign of Charles de Gaulle that coexisted with the upheaval of the 1960s. Mauriac's gripping editorials enable the reader to revisit these historical moments from within and through the eyes of a French Catholic intellectual and writer who approaches them with passion, commitment, and remarkable lucidity. -- from dust jacket.
- Uniform Title
- Works. Selections. English
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Mauriac, François, 1885-1970, author.
- Published
- Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2015]
- Locale
- France
- Contents
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1. The gathering storm of conflict in the 1930s
Hitler, Mussolini, and the rise of fascism
Mussolini invades Ethiopia: A political cartoon by Sennep (September 24, 1935)
The Spanish Civil war
The demon of Spain (January 9, 1937)
Open city (Febuary 2, 1938)
The Christmas offensive (December 30, 1938)
Hitler and the specter of a Second World War
France has but one countenance (February 25, 1938)
The rest is silence (March 18, 1938)
The basis for our action (March 25, 1938)
War (May 27, 1938)
September 26 (September 30, 1938)
The nightmare has vanished (October 7, 1938)
2. The Second World War
The outbreak of war and the fall of France
Touch the Earth (Septermber 22, 1939)
Everywhere or nowhere (October 13, 1939)
What an artist! (November 17, 1939)
The truth (June 19, 1940)
This remnant of pride (June 29, 1940)
Occupation, collaboration, and resistance
God is innocent (August 9, 1942)
The black notebook (August 1943)
Written on January 1, 1944 (March 1944)
Liberation and the discovery of genocide
The very first among our own (August 25, 1944)
The French nation has a soul (September 9, 1944)
The eyes of the dead (September 1, 1944)
The sages' dream (May 22, 1945)
Nacht und nebel [Night and fog] (June 15, 1945)
The rest is silence (October 19, 1946)
3. Postwar trials and tribulations
The ordeal of the purge
The unyielding (September 6, 1944)
True justice (September 8, 1944)
Revolution and revolution (October 13, 1944)
When honor leads astray (October 17, 1944)
War and justice (OCtober 19, 1944)
Response to Combat's editorial (October 22, 1944)
The political consequences of the purge (January 12, 1945)
The trial of one man who is paying the price for us all (July 26, 1945)
Lorenzaccio (August 5-6, 1945)
The dawn of the atomic age and the onset of the Cold War
The bloody dawn of peace (August 11, 1945)
The complicity of silence (August 1, 1947)
Making it through the holidays (January 1, 1948)
My answer to Albert Camus (February 1949)
We do not like justice (May 22, 1951)
The end of all (January 29, 1952)
4. Decolonization and the war in Algeria
The defeat at Dien Bien Phu and the road to decolonization
The vocation of Christians in the French Union (January 13, 1953)
The crux of the issue (July 21, 1953)
Playing a double game with double standards (July 24, 1953)
Malagar, Thursday, March 18, 1954
Monday, March 29, 1954
Thursday, April 1, 1954
Monday, May 10, 1954
Growing unrest in North Africa and the outbreak of the Algerian war
Friday, May 14, 1954
Sunday, May 16, 1954
Thursday, June 10, 1954
Sunday, June 13, 1954
Tuesday, November 2, 1954
Protesting against state torture in Algeria
Friday, January 14, 1955
Friday, July 5, 1957
Sunday, July 14, 1957
Tuesday, December 24, 1957
Monday, January 27, 1958
5. The era of Charles de Gaulle
The general retuns
Night of May 13-14, 1958
Monday, May 19, 1958
Sunday, June 8, 1958
Friday, June 27, 1958
Sunday, June 29, 1958
Saturday, July 5, 1958
The brave new world of the '60s: Urbanism, media, and the dawn of consumer society
Malagar, Friday, May 29, 1959
Saturday, March 14, 1964
Saturday, July 16, 1966
Friday, November 18, 1966
The apogee of Gaullism: Ecstasy and agony amid the politics of grandeur
Monday, January 9, 1961
Saturday, February 10, 1962
Wednesday, May 9, 1962
Thursday, September 13, 1962
Thursday, March 28, 1963
Saturday, February 19, 1966
Strasbourg, Friday, June 24, 1966
6. From here to eternity
A history full of sound and fury
Tuesday, January 15, 1957
Malagar, Monday, September 16, 1957
Friday, September 27, 1957
Sunday, March 16, 1958
Saturday, March 22, 1958
Saturday, July 2, 1966
Friday, February 2, 1968
American symphonies: Uncle Sam or big brother?
The Americans in my town (September 28, 1918)
The dollars stuffed into Marianne's stocking (January 27, 1953)
Saturday, August 29, 1959
Monday, March 7, 1966
Sunday, December 18, 1966
Sunday, January 28, 1968
The first Sunday in Advent
The march of history and the sermon on the mount
All Saints' day, 1950 (October 31, 1950)
Monday, November 28, 1960
Malagar, Friday, October 16, 1964
Maundy Thursday, April 7, 1966
Tuesday, September 27, 1966
Friday, December 15, 1967.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Bracher, Nathan, 1953- translator, editor.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-315) and index.
1. The gathering storm of conflict in the 1930s -- Hitler, Mussolini, and the rise of fascism -- Mussolini invades Ethiopia: A political cartoon by Sennep (September 24, 1935) -- The Spanish Civil war -- The demon of Spain (January 9, 1937) -- Open city (Febuary 2, 1938) -- The Christmas offensive (December 30, 1938) -- Hitler and the specter of a Second World War -- France has but one countenance (February 25, 1938) -- The rest is silence (March 18, 1938) -- The basis for our action (March 25, 1938) -- War (May 27, 1938) -- September 26 (September 30, 1938) -- The nightmare has vanished (October 7, 1938) -- 2. The Second World War -- The outbreak of war and the fall of France -- Touch the Earth (Septermber 22, 1939) -- Everywhere or nowhere (October 13, 1939) -- What an artist! (November 17, 1939) -- The truth (June 19, 1940) -- This remnant of pride (June 29, 1940) -- Occupation, collaboration, and resistance -- God is innocent (August 9, 1942) -- The black notebook (August 1943) -- Written on January 1, 1944 (March 1944) -- Liberation and the discovery of genocide -- The very first among our own (August 25, 1944) -- The French nation has a soul (September 9, 1944) -- The eyes of the dead (September 1, 1944) -- The sages' dream (May 22, 1945) -- Nacht und nebel [Night and fog] (June 15, 1945) -- The rest is silence (October 19, 1946) -- 3. Postwar trials and tribulations -- The ordeal of the purge -- The unyielding (September 6, 1944) -- True justice (September 8, 1944) -- Revolution and revolution (October 13, 1944) -- When honor leads astray (October 17, 1944) -- War and justice (OCtober 19, 1944) -- Response to Combat's editorial (October 22, 1944) -- The political consequences of the purge (January 12, 1945) -- The trial of one man who is paying the price for us all (July 26, 1945) -- Lorenzaccio (August 5-6, 1945) -- The dawn of the atomic age and the onset of the Cold War -- The bloody dawn of peace (August 11, 1945) -- The complicity of silence (August 1, 1947) -- Making it through the holidays (January 1, 1948) -- My answer to Albert Camus (February 1949) -- We do not like justice (May 22, 1951) -- The end of all (January 29, 1952) -- 4. Decolonization and the war in Algeria -- The defeat at Dien Bien Phu and the road to decolonization -- The vocation of Christians in the French Union (January 13, 1953) -- The crux of the issue (July 21, 1953) -- Playing a double game with double standards (July 24, 1953) -- Malagar, Thursday, March 18, 1954 -- Monday, March 29, 1954 -- Thursday, April 1, 1954 -- Monday, May 10, 1954 -- Growing unrest in North Africa and the outbreak of the Algerian war -- Friday, May 14, 1954 -- Sunday, May 16, 1954 -- Thursday, June 10, 1954 -- Sunday, June 13, 1954 -- Tuesday, November 2, 1954 -- Protesting against state torture in Algeria -- Friday, January 14, 1955 -- Friday, July 5, 1957 -- Sunday, July 14, 1957 -- Tuesday, December 24, 1957 -- Monday, January 27, 1958 -- 5. The era of Charles de Gaulle -- The general retuns -- Night of May 13-14, 1958 -- Monday, May 19, 1958 -- Sunday, June 8, 1958 -- Friday, June 27, 1958 -- Sunday, June 29, 1958 -- Saturday, July 5, 1958 -- The brave new world of the '60s: Urbanism, media, and the dawn of consumer society -- Malagar, Friday, May 29, 1959 -- Saturday, March 14, 1964 -- Saturday, July 16, 1966 -- Friday, November 18, 1966 -- The apogee of Gaullism: Ecstasy and agony amid the politics of grandeur -- Monday, January 9, 1961 -- Saturday, February 10, 1962 -- Wednesday, May 9, 1962 -- Thursday, September 13, 1962 -- Thursday, March 28, 1963 -- Saturday, February 19, 1966 -- Strasbourg, Friday, June 24, 1966 -- 6. From here to eternity -- A history full of sound and fury -- Tuesday, January 15, 1957 -- Malagar, Monday, September 16, 1957 -- Friday, September 27, 1957 -- Sunday, March 16, 1958 -- Saturday, March 22, 1958 -- Saturday, July 2, 1966 -- Friday, February 2, 1968 -- American symphonies: Uncle Sam or big brother? -- The Americans in my town (September 28, 1918) -- The dollars stuffed into Marianne's stocking (January 27, 1953) -- Saturday, August 29, 1959 -- Monday, March 7, 1966 -- Sunday, December 18, 1966 -- Sunday, January 28, 1968 -- The first Sunday in Advent -- The march of history and the sermon on the mount -- All Saints' day, 1950 (October 31, 1950) -- Monday, November 28, 1960 -- Malagar, Friday, October 16, 1964 -- Maundy Thursday, April 7, 1966 -- Tuesday, September 27, 1966 -- Friday, December 15, 1967.
Translated from the French.
