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The Demise of the Prophets
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This program covers the following topics: intellectuals and the new models like communist Cuba; birth of the Maoist intellectual, with Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir distributing Maoist tracts in th...
This program covers the following topics: intellectuals and the new models like communist Cuba; birth of the Maoist intellectual, with Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir distributing Maoist tracts in the street; the revolutions in Iran and Cambodia, whose excesses led the intellectuals to a new cause - human rights; the death of Sartre; and the death of Chinese support for communism, as seen at Tiananmen Square.
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- Creator
- Tele Images Creations (Firm)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2013], c1990
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (52 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn879609932
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on October 26, 2013.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Portions in French with English subtitles.
- Embracing Cuban Communism (3:53) -- Participating in the Latin Revolution (3:34) -- Supporting Vietnamese Communists (2:34) -- Seduced by the Cultural Revolution (2:53) -- Disillusionment with Communism (2:26) -- Egalitarian Ideal in Practice (1:52) -- 1968 Civil Unrest (3:42) -- French Maoist Movement (3:07) -- Struggle against the Bourgeoisie (2:08) -- Addressing Revolutionary Terrorism (4:30) -- Iranian Revolution (3:32) -- Cambodian Revolution (3:31) -- Rediscovering Democratic Ideals (3:10) -- Championing Human Rights (2:24) -- Demise of French Intellectuals (3:22) -- French Intellectual Legacy (2:23) -- Credits: The Demise of the Prophets: French Intellectuals in the 20th Century (1:49)