JeanPierre Vernant - From the Maquis to the Polis

by Jean-Pierre Vernant

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Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914-2007) was one of most important intellectual figures of modern France, well-known for his structuralist approach to Greek myth and tragedy. Taking the form of an interview with the notoriously private French classicist and anthropologist, this volume relates the story of Vernant's remarkable career, revealing deep continuities across his life and intellectual work. As a student, Vernant became involved with the Communist Party. In the 1940s, he joined the French Resistance, serving first as a soldier and, later, as the pseudonymous "Colonel Berthier," in charge of forces in the Haut-Garonne. After the war, Vernant had a distinguished...Read more
  • ISBN10 0984201076
  • ISBN13 9780984201075
  • Publish Date 31 March 2021
  • Publish Status Forthcoming
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 82
  • Language English