Intellectuals, Culture and Public Policy in France
Ahearne, Jeremy (Department of French Studies, University of Warwick (United Kingdom))
French intellectuals have always defined themselves in political terms, typically as opponents to a corrupt government—but challenging state authority is not the only way intellectuals in France have exerted political influence. Jeremy Ahearne here invokes a neglected dimension of French intellectuals’ practice, where instead of denouncing the worlds of government and public policy, French intellectuals become voluntarily entangled within them...