The End of the French Intellectual keyword-state-and-society Geras goes on to ask

Geras goes on to ask how far this conclusion may be offset by the hypothesis of a universal duty to bring aid

While the intelligentsia was watching its most treasured dream disintegrate

From the illusion of theatre and the spectacle of statecraft to the psychological theatre of inhibition and emotion

They famously shuttle coffee in a thousand magazine offices

The End of the French Intellectual keyword-state-and-society Geras goes on to askInternationally acclaimed Israeli historian Shlomo Sand made his mark with books such as The Invention of the Jewish People and The Invention of the Land of Israel. Returning here to an early fascination, he turns his attention to the figure of the French intellectual. From his student years in Paris, Sand has repeatedly come up against the "great French thinkers." He has an intimate knowledge of the Parisian intellectual world and its little secrets,