Ebook {Epub PDF} Thinking the Twentieth Century by Tony Judt

 · The final book of the brilliant historian and indomitable public critic Tony Judt, Thinking the Twentieth Century maps the issues and concerns of a turbulent age on to a life of intellectual /5(6).  · Thinking the Twentieth Century is Judt's final salvo against what he saw as a culture of historical ignorance and political apathy, and it's every bit as brilliant, uncompromising and original as Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.  · Snyder edited the transcripts and Judt revised them before his death in The final product, "Thinking the Twentieth Century," is an intellectual feast, learned, lucid, challenging and Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins.

Tony Judt was perhaps the most brilliant social and political historian of the second half of the twentieth century. He was also an active participant to history. His thinking was always connected to his actions and engagements, to his life. Life was extremely cruel to Tony Judt. Thinking the Twentieth Century is Judt's final salvo against what he saw as a culture of historical ignorance and political apathy, and it's every bit as brilliant, uncompromising and original as he was." —NPR "Scintillating a lively, browsable, deeply satisfying meditation on recent history by a deservedly celebrated public. "Ideas crackle" in this triumphant final book of Tony Judt, taking readers on "a wild ride through the ideological currents and shoals of 20th century thought." (Los Angeles Times)The final book of the brilliant historian and indomitable public critic Tony Judt, Thinking the Twentieth Century maps the issues and concerns of a turbulent age on to a life of intellectual conflict and engagement.

Judt presents the triumphs and the failures of prominent intellectuals, adeptly explaining both their ideas and the risks of their political commitments. Spanning an era with unprecedented clarity and insight, Thinking the Twentieth Century is a tour-de-force, a classic engagement of modern thought by one of the century’s most incisive thinkers. Snyder edited the transcripts and Judt revised them before his death in The final product, "Thinking the Twentieth Century," is an intellectual feast, learned, lucid, challenging and. Thinking the Twentieth Century is Judt's final salvo against what he saw as a culture of historical ignorance and political apathy, and it's every bit as brilliant, uncompromising and original as.