Table of Contents

Translator's Note Introduction: Francois Furet and Paul Ricoeur: A Dialogue Interrupted Christophe Prochasson Ideas and Emotions The End of a World? On the Nation: The Universal and the Particular The Socialist Movement, the Nation, and the War The Past and the Future of the Revolution The Historian's Pursuit The Seductions of Bolshevism Critique of Totalitarianism Learning from the Past Notes

About the Author

Francois Furet (1927 - '97) was professor at the Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales in Paris and professor in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. His many works include Interpreting the French Revolution, The Passing of an Illusion: The Idea of Communism in the Twentieth Century, and In the Workshop of History, the latter two published by the University of Chicago Press. Deborah Furet is Francois Furet's widow and frequent translator and works at the Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales.

Reviews

"An intellectual and political testament." (Le Spectacle du Monde) "A ghost talks to us of other ghosts, and all of it seems only too present, and even prophetic." (Les Influences)"