by Tony Judt · University of Chicago Press · tapa dura · ISBN 9780226414188
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In 'The Burden of Responsibility', Tony Judt offers a distinctive and original reinterpretation of the writings and public role of Leon Blum, Albert Camus, and Raymond Aron. The author argues that these three men share much in common, despite their differences in backgrounds, interests, and views. All three were, in a crucial sense, 'outsiders' and the object of often violent polemics. However, they were men of integrity who took seriously their responsibilities as public intellectuals, eschewing fashion and popularity. At the close of the century, when France is still deeply troubled by the memory of political and moral compromises that have divided the nation, Leon Blum, Albert Camus, and Raymond Aron can be appreciated in full.
Tony Robert Judt was an English historian, author, essayist and professor who specialised in European history. Judt moved to New York and served as the Erich Maria Remarque Professor in European Studies at New York University and director of NYU's Remarque Institute. He was director of the New York Institute for the Humanities from 1993 to 1996. Judt was a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996 and a corresponding Fellow of the British Academy in 2007.
