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Portrait of the Writer as a Traitor: the French Purge trials (1944-1953)

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: To use the term “treason” to describe the attitude of a writer might seem an oxymoron. After all, isn’t the writer the incarnation in the modern imagination of freedom and disinterestedness? Unattached, free from dogma and social constraints, he is assumed to obey only the dictates of his free subjectivity and his immediate inner convictions. In that condition, what cause could a writer betray? And if his positions are inconsistent, is that not the perfect proof of his freedom from all deter...

Source: E-rea

DOI: 10.4000/erea.257

Author: Gisèle SAPIRO

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Sociologie Européenne, École des hautes études en sciences sociales

Language: English

Topic: French Historical and Cultural Studies

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W1996563666

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Cites: 14

Cited by: 21

Related to: 10