Publisher's Synopsis
Where unparalleled historian Tony Judts Postwar redefined the history of modern Europe, Thinking the Twentieth Century, his final work, unites the centurys conflicted intellectual history into a single soaring narrative. The twentieth century comes to life as the age of ideasa time when, for good or for ill, the thoughts of the few reigned over the lives of many. Judt presents the triumphs and the failures of public intellectuals, adeptly extracting the essence of their ideas. Spanning the entire era and all currents of thought, this is a triumphant tour de force that restores clarity to the classics of modern thought.
