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With strokes at once broad and incisive, this book examines the many different trajectories that nations of the West have followed over the past hundred years. It features a testament to the crucial role of the historian, a reflection on how history is made and lived, and how the imagination is a catalyst for political change.

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"An intellectual and political testament." (Le Spectacle du Monde) "A ghost talks to us of other ghosts, and all of it seems only too present, and even prophetic." (Les Influences)"

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Translator's Note Introduction: Francois Furet and Paul Ricoeur: A Dialogue Interrupted Christophe Prochasson Ideas and Emotions The End of a World? On the Nation: The Universal and the Particular The Socialist Movement, the Nation, and the War The Past and the Future of the Revolution The Historian's Pursuit The Seductions of Bolshevism Critique of Totalitarianism Learning from the Past Notes

Lies Passions Illusions

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    A Hardback by Francois Furet, Deborah Furet, Christophe Prochasson

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 29/09/2014
      ISBN13: 9780226114491, 978-0226114491
      ISBN10: 022611449X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      With strokes at once broad and incisive, this book examines the many different trajectories that nations of the West have followed over the past hundred years. It features a testament to the crucial role of the historian, a reflection on how history is made and lived, and how the imagination is a catalyst for political change.

      Trade Review
      "An intellectual and political testament." (Le Spectacle du Monde) "A ghost talks to us of other ghosts, and all of it seems only too present, and even prophetic." (Les Influences)"

      Table of Contents
      Translator's Note Introduction: Francois Furet and Paul Ricoeur: A Dialogue Interrupted Christophe Prochasson Ideas and Emotions The End of a World? On the Nation: The Universal and the Particular The Socialist Movement, the Nation, and the War The Past and the Future of the Revolution The Historian's Pursuit The Seductions of Bolshevism Critique of Totalitarianism Learning from the Past Notes

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