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Paris: Grasset, 1927. First Edition. wrappers. Very good. The Betrayal of the Intellect (PMM 419) BENDA, Julien, La Trahison des Clercs (The Treason of the Intelligentsia), Grasset, Paris, 1927. 1 leaf + half-title + TP 1 leaf + [9] - 306 + 1 leaf = printers information + 1 blank leaf, Small Octavo, First Edition. PMM 419 The publication of [La Trahison des Clercs] was one of the major events in political thought between the two wars. The Clerc is what Benda conceived the intellectual to be, someone disengaged from the mere contingencies of existence and fighting for ideals which went beyond the demands of a given moment in space and time. In violent and brilliant invective, he attacked the intellectuals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries for having fallen short of this ideal by becoming the devoted advocates not of ideals, but of groups or existences, material and transient, such as a nation or a social class (PMM). PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 419 CONDITION: Very good or…
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La Trahison des Clercs (The Treason of the Intelligentsia)
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The Treason Of The Intellectuals (Originally Published 1927 In France As La Trahison Des Clercs, Also In Uk As The Great Betrayal)
by Benda, Julien, Translated By Richard Aldington; Name Stamp Of Otto F. Kraushaar
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New York Ny Usa: William Morrow & Company, 1928. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Xii, 244 Pp. Black Cloth, Paper Spine Label Printed In Black. First American Printing. Light Usage, Spine Label With Wear, Browning, And Small Edge Chips Not Affecting The Lettering. Front Flap Of Red Dust Jacket Attached To Front Free Endpaper. Title Page With Blindstamped Name Of Otto F. Kraushaar, President Of Goucher College. A Major And Pessimistic Criticism Of Intellectuals Aka Leaders In Every Serious Field, Particularly The Previous Fifty Years. A "Printing And The Mind Of Man" Title, #419, Remarkable Not Just For Its Intelligent And Articulate Criticism Of Their Moral Failings In What They Did Or Failed To Do, But Because It May Also Be Taken As An Indictment Of The Entire Intellectual Establishment And The Classes Which Populate It. It Demonstrates Not Just Their Particularized Faults And Deficiencies As Intellectuals, But Also Their Lack Of Leadership In…
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The Great Betrayal (Originally Published 1927 In France As La Trahison Des Clercs, Also Later In Us As The Treason Of The Intellectuals)
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London Uk: George Routledge & Son, 1928. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Book/No Jacket. Ix, 188 Pp. Black Cloth Spine, Lettered In Gilt, Red Boards. First Printing [London 1928]. Near Fine, Especially Well Preserved. A Major And Pessimistic Criticism Of Intellectuals Aka Leaders In Every Serious Field, Particularly The Previous Fifty Years. A "Printing And The Mind Of Man" Title, #419, Remarkable Not Just For Its Intelligent And Articulate Criticism Of Their Moral Failings In What They Did Or Failed To Do, But Because It May Also Be Taken As An Indictment Of The Entire Intellectual Establishment And The Classes Which Populate It. It Demonstrates Not Just Their Particularized Faults And Deficiencies As Intellectuals, But Also Their Lack Of Leadership In Public Discussion Of What Is Important For Society. He Shows The Lack Of Capability And Moral Fiber Of Intellectuals For The Task They Have Implicitly Chosen For Themselves, That Is, To Articulate What Are The Basic…
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