The Radiance of France asks how it happened that technological prowess and national glory (or "radiance," which also means "radiation" in French) became synonymous in France as nowhere else. In the aftermath of World War II, as France sought a distinctive role for itself in the modern, postcolonial world, the nation and its leaders enthusiastically embraced large technological ...(展开全部)

The Radiance of France asks how it happened that technological prowess and national glory (or "radiance," which also means "radiation" in French) became synonymous in France as nowhere else. In the aftermath of World War II, as France sought a distinctive role for itself in the modern, postcolonial world, the nation and its leaders enthusiastically embraced large technological ...(展开全部)

◎作者简介 保罗·贝茨（Paul Betts），牛津大学圣安东尼学院现代欧洲史教授，长期从事现代欧洲文化史，特别是20世纪德国史研究，曾任英国德国历史学会主席、牛津大学圣安东尼学院欧洲研究中心主任等职。代表作有《墙内：德意志民主共和国的私人生活》（Within Walls: Private Life in the German Democratic Republic，获维纳图书馆当代史奖）、《毁灭与重生：二战后欧洲文明的重建》（Ruin and Renewal：Civilising Europe After the Second World War，获2021年美国哲学学会雅克·巴赞文化史奖）。 译者： 陈超，青年译者，毕业于中山大学，主要译著有：《奥威尔作品全集》《我们》《美丽新世界》《帝国之秋》《在路上》《海洋之星》《影子游戏》等。

In 1945, Europe lay in ruins - its cities and towns destroyed by conflict, its economies crippled, its societies ripped apart by war and violence. In the years that followed, Europeans tried to make sense of what had happened - and to forge a new understanding of civilisation that would bring peace and progress to a broken continent. As they wrestled with questions great and sm...(展开全部)

Contributors ask whether it is more useful to conceive of the world as arrayed in regional, cultural, institutional complexes or organized along the conventional dimensions of power, alliance, and geography. They argue that perspectives that neglect the roles of culture and identity are no longer adequate to explain the complexities of a world undergoing rapid change.

Contributors ask whether it is more useful to conceive of the world as arrayed in regional, cultural, institutional complexes or organized along the conventional dimensions of power, alliance, and geography. They argue that perspectives that neglect the roles of culture and identity are no longer adequate to explain the complexities of a world undergoing rapid change.