Course Catalog - 2011-2012

     

HIST 474 - FRENCH INTELLECTUALS

Long Title: FRENCH INTELLECTUALS
Department: History
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Seminar investigates the history of a prominent French political figure: the "intellectual" born out the Dreyfus Affair (1895), whose prestige culminated in the post-1945 period before vanishing influence of Marxism after 1989. The course explores the world of French intellectuals and their role in the 20th Century.