History And Politics
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In an age of upheaval and ideological conflict, Paul Valéry — one of France's most formidable intellectual voices — turns his penetrating gaze upon the twin forces that have shaped modern civilisation: history and politics. This collection of essays chronicles Valéry's profound meditations on the nature of power, the trajectory of European culture, and the perilous fragility of democratic institutions, translated with precision by Denise Folliot and Jackson Mathews, with a preface by François Valéry and an introduction by Salvador de Madariaga. Valéry writes not as a detached observer but as a deeply engaged thinker who argues that the crises of modernity are inseparable from the failures of political imagination. His prose carries the crystalline rigour of a poet who has turned philosopher — measured, exacting, and unerringly prescient. Forming part of the celebrated Bollingen Series, this volume stands as an essential document of 20th-century European thought, leaving the reader to wonder whether his warnings about the fate of civilisation have ever been more urgently relevant.
Author: Paul Valéry
Format: Hardback
Genre: Politics & law
Condition remarks:
Condition: good/fair, no dj; cover may be worn. May have inscription on fep.
In an age of upheaval and ideological conflict, Paul Valéry — one of France's most formidable intellectual voices — turns his penetrating gaze upon the twin forces that have shaped modern civilisation: history and politics. This collection of essays chronicles Valéry's profound meditations on the nature of power, the trajectory of European culture, and the perilous fragility of democratic institutions, translated with precision by Denise Folliot and Jackson Mathews, with a preface by François Valéry and an introduction by Salvador de Madariaga. Valéry writes not as a detached observer but as a deeply engaged thinker who argues that the crises of modernity are inseparable from the failures of political imagination. His prose carries the crystalline rigour of a poet who has turned philosopher — measured, exacting, and unerringly prescient. Forming part of the celebrated Bollingen Series, this volume stands as an essential document of 20th-century European thought, leaving the reader to wonder whether his warnings about the fate of civilisation have ever been more urgently relevant.