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Biography of Nicolas Sarkozy

Author : Sara McEwen
Publisher : Hyperink Inc
ISBN 13 : 1614647259
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book Biography of Nicolas Sarkozy written by Sara McEwen and published by Hyperink Inc. This book was released on 2012-03-14 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABOUT THE BOOK Nicolas Sarkozy is one of the Frances most prominent and popular politicians. Sarkozy, the current president of France, has been a member of the French political party Union for a Popular Movement since 2002, known in France as Union pour un Mouvement Populaire. Since becoming the President of France in 2007, he has been hailed by both left and right wing political parties, who praised many of his policies. Although many of Sarkozy's actions as the President of France have been popular, he has often attracted criticism from those who take a strictly liberal approach. One such controversial policy is the banning of burqas in public, a head dress that is voluntarily worn by some Muslim women. While Sarkozy has been criticized for this policy, he also been heralded for the moves he has taken to strengthen France's international relations. Prior to becoming the President of France, Sarkozy took on other positions within the French government. He spent four years in total as the Minister of the Interior, eight months as the Minister of Finance, two as the Minister of the Budget, and 19 years as the Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine. His political career followed a surprisingly average education as a child, and a slightly more remarkable education as an adult. Throughout his career to date, Sarkozy has managed to instigate several changes within France. These changes have not only gained him praise from those who live there, they have also gained him international recognition. European countries have given him several awards, including the Holy See. MEET THE AUTHOR Debbie J. is an experienced writer and a member of the Hyperink Team, which works hard to bring you high-quality, engaging, fun content. Happy reading! EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK Nicolas Paul Stephane Sarkozy de Nagy-Bocsa is the son of Hungarian aristocrat Pal Istvan Erno Sarkozy de Nagy-Bocsa. His mother, Andree Jeanne "Dadu" Mallah, is of French Catholic origin, and she raised her son in the French Catholic tradition. The couple got married on the 8th of February 1950, and Andree gave birth to Sarkozy five years later on the 28th of January, 1955. Sarkozy's parents originally moved to Paris in 1950, and settled in the city's 17th arrondissement. His older brother, Guillaume was born in 1951, and his younger brother Francois was born in 1957. In 1959, Sarkozy's parents divorced, and his father left the family to marry another woman. He later went on to have two more children with his second wife. Despite being the wealthy owner of an advertising agency, Sarkozy's father refused to give his ex-wife any financial support. Following their divorce, Sarkozy's mother was forced to move in with her father, who owned a small mansion in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. Sarkozy recalls rarely seeing his father after he left, something which he claims shaped the person he is today. His paternal influence instead came from his grandfather, who converted from Judaism to Catholicism. Sarkozy was influenced by his Gaullist grandfather, and states that the former president Charles de Gaulle and Pope John Paul II are two of his strongest influences. CHAPTER OUTLINE Biography of Nicolas Sarkozy + Introduction + Nicolas Sarkozy's Background and Upbringing + Nicolas Sarkozy's Major Accomplishments and Awards + Nicolas Sarkozy's Personal Life + ...and much more

Testimony

Author : Nicolas Sarkozy
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061758086
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Testimony written by Nicolas Sarkozy and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this important book from the newly elected president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy sets forth his personal vision of France's role in world affairs and his plans for modernizing the country and equipping it for the twenty-first century. With unusual candor, President Sarkozy describes the difficulties France has faced in recent years—high unemployment, social tensions, inadequate education, a government that has not been responsive or responsible when confronting economic and social problems. In international relations, he calls for a new approach to the way France positions itself in the world. He is a great admirer of the United States, an unorthodox position for a French leader, and his vision for Europe is ambitious and far-reaching. His iconoclastic views on Israel and the Arab world, Africa, globalization, immigration, and the environment promise a sharp break with the past. The ideas of France's new president are probably more daring, coherent, and compelling than those of any French leader in decades. Furthermore, he remains optimistic about France, insisting that the country is eager to embrace profound change. Bold, pragmatic, a risk-taker, President Sarkozy sets forth an exciting new direction for France as it enters the world of the twenty-first century.

Dawn, Dusk Or Night

Author : Yasmina Reza
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307269213
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Dawn, Dusk Or Night written by Yasmina Reza and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2008 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning French playwright Reza joined Nicolas Sarkozy and his team as he campaigned for the French presidency. This is a spellbinding look at the interplay between two formidable figures, bound by intellect and nation.

Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni

Author : Valerie Benaim
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 0956544568
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (565 download)

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Download or read book Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni written by Valerie Benaim and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2011-11-21 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicholas Sarkozy was elected President of France with a broken heart. Shortly after he took office, his second wife, Ceceila, left him for another man. He sat brooding alone by night in the Presidential Palace. Though on top of the world, and one of the most powerful men in Europe, he felt very much alone. Sick of his own company, he asked a friend to arrange a dinner party - and Carla Bruni was included on the guest list. A former supermodel and chart-topping singer-songwriter, Carla had a reputation as a man-eater: and she dined on the most exclusive Cordon Bleu. Her former suitors and boyfriends inlcluded Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Primer Minister Laurent Fabius and billionaire Donald Trump. But more than wealth and artistic brilliance, 'I want a man with nuclear power', she said: and Sarkozy had his finger on the button. The two flirted all night: and their first private date came twnety-four hours later. Within a few months, the President of France had a new finacee. Based on exclusive interviews with Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and many of the French elite close to both her and the President, this is the true and previously untold story of Europe's most glamorous couple. Read of how they met, fell instantly in love, and played a cat and mouse game with the world press before marrying in secret, to the amazement of the French people. A bestseller in France, this is the definitive account of the world's most gripping and dramatic modern tale of true romance.

Nicolas Sarkozy

Author : Dennis Abrams
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438119879
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Nicolas Sarkozy written by Dennis Abrams and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and career of French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

Nicolas Sarkozy

Author : Dhirubhai Patel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781549888533
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (885 download)

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Download or read book Nicolas Sarkozy written by Dhirubhai Patel and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicolas Sarkozy, KOGF GCB is a French politician who served as the President of France and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra from 16 May 2007 until 15 May 2012. Before his presidency, he was the leader of the Union for a Popular Movement party.

The Sarkozy Phenomenon

Author : Nick Hewlett
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1845408241
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book The Sarkozy Phenomenon written by Nick Hewlett and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After his victory at the Presidential elections in May 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy quickly became both deeply controversial and intriguing. It was clear from the start that his rule was to be the most autocratic since Charles de Gaulle's; Prime Minister, government and parliament found themselves eclipsed by the ever-present, hyperactive President who sought to take many decisions on his own and to implement changes in numerous different domains, but with no obvious overall plan. His sweeping reform programme was inspired by a perceived need for rupture with the past, and bringing former Socialists into government seemed to confirm his insistence on the validity of some left-leaning points of reference as well as those on the right. To many, Sarkozy was both dangerous and unfathomable, like Napoleon. In this short book the author argues that the Sarkozy phenomenon is best explained by principal reference to the notion of Bonapartism, which of course has a long history in French politics. Bonapartism is an exceptional form of political rule which results from an unstable situation and where an authoritarian leader steps in and appeals to the electorate in populist fashion with promises of modernization and progress. But Sarkozy's authoritarian, populist rule is also influenced by the extreme right as well as by more conventional centre-right politics in which Sarkozy worked for many years. Yet Sarkozy is less out of step with trends in other liberal democratic states than it might seem; in other highly industrialized countries also a long-term decline of interest in politics has combined with the emergence of highly personalized, media-driven political leadership. The book is written in a clear, accessible way which assumes little prior acquaintance with French politics or history. Those with little knowledge of French politics will find it rewarding, as will as readers with greater familiarity with the field.

Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa Or Nicolas Sarkozy

Author : Heinz Duthel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781409211372
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa Or Nicolas Sarkozy written by Heinz Duthel and published by . This book was released on 2008-10-06 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Give him crime and he'll reduce it dramatically. Give him road safety and he'll curb the carnage. Give him prostitution and he'll push it off the street. Give him Jean-Marie Le Pen and he'll thrash the monster. Give him immigration and he'll make most people feel a little better. Give him insecurity and he'll make France secure. Sarko is very short, historically no bar to greatness in France, and very driven. For the past year, he appears to many ordinary Frenchmen to have been running the country on his own, and the public has responded largely with relief and admiration.Whenever a tragic/stirring/miraculous event occurs that moves the French nation, he is on the spot before government rivals have pulled out their TGV timetables.

The Meaning of Sarkozy

Author : Alain Badiou
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1789600677
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of Sarkozy written by Alain Badiou and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this incisive, acerbic work, Alain Badiou looks beyond the petty vulgarity of the French president to decipher the true significance of what he represents-a reactionary tradition that goes back more than a hundred years. To escape the malaise that has enveloped the Left since Sarkozy's election, Badiou casts aside the slavish worship of electoral democracy and maps out a communist hypothesis that lays the basis for an emancipatory politics of the twenty-first century.

Nicolas Sarkozy - II

Author : Heinz Duthel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781466345805
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book Nicolas Sarkozy - II written by Heinz Duthel and published by . This book was released on 2011-09-12 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicolas SarkozyNicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-BocsaNicolas Sarkozy one of Silvio Berlusconi's top French advocates.Sarkozy is recognised as a skilled striking populist orator.Quelqu'un m'a dit"he censors a book, or fires the chief editor of a weekly.""Get lost, then, poor dumb-ass, go."Nicolas SarkozyPresident of France Union for a Popular Movement Jacques Chirac Minister of the Interior (France) Minister of the Economy, Industry and Employment (France) Dominique de Villepin Departments of France Édouard Balladur Economy of France Entente cordiale Élysée Palace Co-Princes of Andorra List of Budget Ministers of France Neuilly-sur-Seine Cécilia Attias Guillaume Sarkozy Olivier Sarkozy Paris West University Nanterre La Défense Carla Bruni Boulogne-Billancourt Wife of the President of the French Republic Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Paul Marciano Guess (clothing) Eric Clapton Mick Jagger Quelqu'un m'a dit Louis Bertignac Silvio Berlusconi Charles Pasqua Martin Bouygues Bernard Arnault Richard Attias Anne Fulda Le Figaro Constitutional Council of France Net worth Public speaking Minister of State Minister of Worship (France) French Council of the Muslim Faith National Assembly of France Finance minister Gaullism Achille Peretti Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion French legislative election, 1997 Philippe Séguin European Parliament election, 1999 (France) Rally for France Jean-Pierre Raffarin Alain Juppé Brice Hortefeux Jean-Louis Debré Legion of Honour France Info Islam in France 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State France Télécom Nationalization Alstom Solidarity tax on wealth Alain Madelin Response to the 2005 civil unrest in France 2005 civil unrest in France Public housing Kärcher Azouz Begag French European Constitution referendum, 2005 Tax law Government budget deficit Laissez-faire DADVSI Copyright law of France Peer-to-peer French presidential election, 2007 France 2 Ségolène Royal Affirmative action Same-sex marriage Civil union Michèle Alliot-Marie French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91) Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy Force de Frappe Bernard Kouchner Médecins Sans Frontières Rachida Dati École nationale d'administration Éric Woerth Álvaro Uribe Íngrid Betancourt Rodrigo Granda HIV trial in Libya Muammar Gaddafi MILAN MBDA EADS Terrestrial Trunked Radio Socialist Party (France) French Communist Party Rogue state François Hollande Dominique Strauss-Kahn International Monetary Fund Upper middle class Supply-side economics Biometrics Schengen Information System Late-2000s financial crisis Keynesian economics Dictatorship Dirigisme Olivier Besancenot NATO Right of asylum Guantanamo Bay detention camp Christine Lagarde Gaza War Hosni Mubarak Hamas Condoleezza Rice David Beckham Brad Pitt Censorship in France Paris Match Publicis Image editing Love handles Paparazzi The Daily Telegraph Haitian Vodou Satanism Zombie Bokor Cannes Film Festival Marianne (magazine) Airbus L'Humanité Populism Republicanism Separation of church and state Tom Cruise Church of Scientology Parliamentary Commission on Cults in France Islam Riyadh La Courneuve Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques Acquittal Iraq War François Fillon Saddam Hussein Michel Onfray Axel Kahn Peasant Thabo Mbeki Paris International Agricultural Show Laval, Mayenne Sovereign immunity Berlin Wall Bettencourt affair Liliane Bettencourt The New York Times Martine Aubry Robert Badinter Order of the Bath Order of Charles III Order of Leopold (Belgium)

My Life in Politics

Author : Jacques Chirac
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1137088036
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book My Life in Politics written by Jacques Chirac and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along with Mikhail Gorbachev, Helmut Kohl, and Francois Mitterand, Jacques Chirac is one of the most iconic statesmen of the twentieth century. Two-time president of France, mayor of Paris, and international politician, a recent poll voted him the most admired political figure in France, with current president Nicolas Sarkozy ranking in 32nd place. This memoir covers the full scope of Chirac's political career of more than 50 years and includes the last century's most significant events. A protégé of General de Gaulle, Chirac started political life after France's defeat in Algeria in the early 1960s. He then became Prime Minister George de Pompidou's "bulldozer" and a personal negotiator with Saddam Hussein for France's oil interests in the Persian Gulf. He sold Iraq its first nuclear reactor and incurred the wrath of the United States and Israel, which he discusses in striking detail. As mayor of Paris, Chirac was famed for his success in beautifying the City of Lights and keeping it whole during the heady days of the 1968 riots. As president in the 1990s and early 2000s, Chirac took controversial steps to privatize the economy and plan the European Union. Chirac seldom pulls punches and in several dramatic chapters describes his opposition to the US invasion of Iraq in 2002 and his personal meetings with George W. Bush. These landmark events are brought into sharp focus in this memoir that the popular French magazine Paris Match said "steals the show" even after its author decamped the presidential palace.

Ségolène Royal

Author : Robert Harneis
Publisher : Harriman House Limited
ISBN 13 : 1905641303
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Ségolène Royal written by Robert Harneis and published by Harriman House Limited. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Segolene Royal is France's first key female politician. This book puts her in the context of the France she grew up in and the France in which she now operates as a politician. It covers: - her early life - her start in politics - her career as a deputy and a minister - her relationship with Francois Mitterand - her defeat of her more famous rivals in a male orientated party for the right to be the candidate - the beginning of the campaign

Spoken From the Heart

Author : Laura Bush
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1847378994
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Spoken From the Heart written by Laura Bush and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-04 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a captivating and compelling voice that ranks with many of our greatest memoirists, Laura Bush tells the story of her unique path from dusty Midland, Texas to the world stage and the White House. An only child, Laura Welch grew up in a family that lost three babies to miscarriage or infant death. She masterfully recreates the rugged, oil boom-and-bust culture of Midland, her close relationship with her father, and the bonds of early friendships that she retains to this day. For the first time, in heart-wrenching detail, she writes about her tragic car accident that left her friend Mike Douglas dead. Laura Welch attended Southern Methodist University in an era on the cusp of monumental change. After graduating, she became an elementary school teacher, working in inner city schools, then trained as a librarian. At age thirty, she met George W. Bush, whom she had last passed in the hallway in seventh grade. Three months later, 'the old maid of Midland married Midland's most eligible bachelor'. As First Lady of Texas, Laura Bush championed education and launched the Texas Book Festival, passions she brought to the White House. Here, she captures presidential life in the frantic and fearful months after 9-11, when fighter jet cover echoed through the walls. She writes openly about the threats, the withering media spotlight, and the transformation of her role. One of the first U.S. officials to visit war-torn Afghanistan, she reached out to disease-stricken African nations and tirelessly advocated for women in the Middle East and dissidents in Burma. With deft humor and a sharp eye, Laura Bush lifts the curtain on what really happens inside the White House. And she writes with honesty and eloquence about her family, political life, and her eight remarkable Washington years. Laura Bush's compassion, her sense of humour, her grace, and her uncommon willingness to bare her heart make this story deeply revelatory, beautifully rendered, and unlike any other First Lady's memoir ever written.

A Certain Idea of France

Author : Julian Jackson
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 1846143527
Total Pages : 866 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (461 download)

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Download or read book A Certain Idea of France written by Julian Jackson and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2018-06-18 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR, FINANCIAL TIMES, TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Masterly ... awesome reading ... an outstanding biography' Max Hastings, Sunday Times The definitive biography of the greatest French statesman of modern times In six weeks in the early summer of 1940, France was over-run by German troops and quickly surrendered. The French government of Marshal Pétain sued for peace and signed an armistice. One little-known junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England. On 18 June he spoke to his compatriots over the BBC, urging them to rally to him in London. 'Whatever happens, the flame of French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished.' At that moment, Charles de Gaulle entered into history. For the rest of the war, de Gaulle frequently bit the hand that fed him. He insisted on being treated as the true embodiment of France, and quarrelled violently with Churchill and Roosevelt. He was prickly, stubborn, aloof and self-contained. But through sheer force of personality and bloody-mindedness he managed to have France recognised as one of the victorious Allies, occupying its own zone in defeated Germany. For ten years after 1958 he was President of France's Fifth Republic, which he created and which endures to this day. His pursuit of 'a certain idea of France' challenged American hegemony, took France out of NATO and twice vetoed British entry into the European Community. His controversial decolonization of Algeria brought France to the brink of civil war and provoked several assassination attempts. Julian Jackson's magnificent biography reveals this the life of this titanic figure as never before. It draws on a vast range of published and unpublished memoirs and documents - including the recently opened de Gaulle archives - to show how de Gaulle achieved so much during the War when his resources were so astonishingly few, and how, as President, he put a medium-rank power at the centre of world affairs. No previous biography has depicted his paradoxes so vividly. Much of French politics since his death has been about his legacy, and he remains by far the greatest French leader since Napoleon.

Berlusconi

Author : Alan Friedman
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0316301965
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Berlusconi written by Alan Friedman and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before there was real estate tycoon cum President-Elect Donald J. Trump, there was Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media mogul turned prime minster who dominated Italian life for the past twenty years. In a candid, warts-and-all portrait of the leader who played hard in office and in private life. From the bunga-bunga parties to his most secret moments with world leaders, this biography is rich in anecdotes and revelations involving Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush, Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Tony Blair, Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel , and many others. Berlusconi's incredible rise to power started from nothing. A self-created man, he was a cruise ship crooner as a young man, became a real estate tycoon in the '70s, started the first commercial television network in history, and turned AC Milan into a world-class soccer club. And that was all before he survived the squalid swampland of Italian politics to become prime minister who has not only served the longest in Italian history, but also has generated the most controversy of arguably any world leader today.

The Sarkozy Presidency

Author : G. Raymond
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137025328
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Sarkozy Presidency written by G. Raymond and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-02-18 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarkozy came to power promising radical political and social change while simultaneously developing a presidential persona that melded the public and the personal under the glare of media attention, unparalleled in the French Fifth Republic. This volume provides a detailed analysis of the fit between his ambitions and the outcomes of his presidency

How the French Think

Author : Sudhir Hazareesingh
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465061664
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book How the French Think written by Sudhir Hazareesingh and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning historian presents an absorbing account of the French mind, shedding light on France's famous tradition of intellectual life Why are the French such an exceptional nation? Why do they think they are so exceptional? The French take pride in the fact that their history and culture have decisively shaped the values and ideals of the modern world. French ideas are no less distinct in their form: while French thought is abstract, stylish and often opaque, it has always been bold and creative, and driven by the relentless pursuit of innovation. In How the French Think, the internationally-renowned historian Sudhir Hazareesingh tells the epic and tumultuous story of French intellectual thought from Descartes, Rousseau, and Auguste Comte to Sartre, Claude Lé-Strauss, and Derrida. He shows how French thinking has shaped fundamental Westerns ideas about freedom, rationality, and justice, and how the French mind-set is intimately connected to their own way of life-in particular to the French tendency towards individualism, their passion for nature, their celebration of their historical heritage, and their fascination with death. Hazareesingh explores the French veneration of dissent and skepticism, from Voltaire to the Dreyfus Affair and beyond; the obsession with the protection of French language and culture; the rhetorical flair embodied by the philosophes, which today's intellectuals still try to recapture; the astonishing influence of French postmodern thinkers, including Foucault and Barthes, on postwar American education and life, and also the growing French anxiety about a globalized world order under American hegemony. How the French Think sweeps aside generalizations and easy stereotypes to offer an incisive and revealing exploration of the French intellectual tradition. Steeped in a colorful range of sources, and written with warmth and humor, this book will appeal to all lovers of France and of European culture.