A lively and informative short volume that shows that France is not a faded glory but rather a place that has defined and shaped the key issues of our contemporary world, such as democracy and universal human rights, the emergence of a culture of consumerist spectacle, the tensions between nationalism and contemporary multiculturalism, and the role of religion in the modern state.
| ISBN: | 9780199911998 |
| Publication date: | 10th October 2011 |
| Author: | Schwartz, Vanessa R. |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Ebook |