Beschreibung:
Julien Benda (1867-1956) was a novelist and critic. His polemical writings ranged from Dialogues in Byzantium (on the Dreyfus affair) to an appraisal of the philosophy of Henri Bergson; in later life he was a fierce critic of the Vichy Republic. Among his other books are The Yoke of Pity, Uriel's Report, and Exercises of a Man Buried Alive.
This book offers an incisive account of interwar Europe and a warning against the lure of tribal loyalties and antipathies.