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Charles de Gaulle - Futurist of the Nation (Paperback)
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Charles de Gaulle - Futurist of the Nation (Paperback)
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Loot Price R396
Discovery Miles 3 960
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In this elegant and original book, Regis Debray argues that for two
hundred years the defeats of the left have stemmed from its failure
to understand what it likes to call the 'national question', while
equally its successes have grown from an unacknowledged liaison
with the 'unreal reality' of the nation. According to Debray,
Charles DE Gaulle was no narrow nationalist. By grounding his
actions in a generous philosophy of the nation he was able to wed
boldness to insight: on 14 June 1940 he appointed himself leader of
the free French, disregarding the overwhelming parliamentary and
legal mandate according to Petain. This intuitive action was to be
resoundingly vindicated in the resistance and liberation of France.
This study of De Gaulle is offered as an indictment of the
shallowness of contemporary politics in the West. For Debray, De
Gaulle is not only the last statesman in the classic mould, he is
also the first to anticipate the politics of the twenty-first
century. De Gaulle's aloofness from the media and disdain for the
base arts of electioneering have an exemplary quality, Debray
believes, reaffirming the vocation of political leadership as
something other than adapting to popular preferences or allowing
professional communicators and opinion pollsters to set every
agenda.
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