In the name of humanity reflections on the twentieth century

By:

Finkielkraut, Alain

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: European perspectivesPublication details: New York Columbia University Press 2000Description: 133p. 24 cmISBN:

9780231110204

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DDC classification:

909.82 22 FI-I

LOC classification:

D421 .F5213 1999

Contents:

The Last of the Just -- 1. Who Is Like Unto Me? -- 2. The Glamorous Appeal of the Common Noun -- 3. The Triumph of the Will -- 4. The Irony of History -- 5. Humanitarian Amends -- 6. Of Angels and Men.

Review: "In the Name of Humanity is a reflection on the history of humanism and the relationship of this philosophical tradition to the rise of totalitarianism in the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [113]-124) and index.

"In the Name of Humanity is a reflection on the history of humanism and the relationship of this philosophical tradition to the rise of totalitarianism in the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.

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