Regarding the Roman Polanski case, Michael Kimmelman presents an unusually good article on French intellectuals, on what regular French folks call “the crypto-intelligentsia of our country,” and on the French élite's (if not the people's) long history of lionizing celebrities, as well as on the élite's collective "Gallic shrug"…
Behind the Façades in France: What expats and the mainstream media (French and American alike) fail to notice (or fail to tell you) about French attitudes, principles, values, and official positions…
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
"Crypto-intelligentsia of our country": France's conspicuous network of socially connected, similarly schooled politicians, artists, and intellectuals
Regarding the Roman Polanski case, Michael Kimmelman presents an unusually good article on French intellectuals, on what regular French folks call “the crypto-intelligentsia of our country,” and on the French élite's (if not the people's) long history of lionizing celebrities, as well as on the élite's collective "Gallic shrug"…
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