Dominique Desanti, Jean-Toussaint Desanti, Roger-Pol Droit

Liberty Still Cherishes Us

In this book, the authors, Dominique and Jean-Toussaint Desanti, relate their lives of active political and intellectual commitment to Roger-Pol Droit. The story begins with Dominique and Jean-Toussaint’s first meeting, their lives as an “open” couple, their involvement in the French Resistance and, later, in the Communist Party, their support of the FLN during the Algerian war of independence, their participation in the events of May 1968 in France and the United States, and their espousal of the feminist movement. They also discuss the numerous works they have written — literature in Dominique’s case, philosophy in Jean-Toussaint’s. Their political path is one that was shared by many French intellectuals of their generation. The enthusiasm of many young people for left-wing causes had first been stirred by the Popular Front government. The Soviet victory at Stalingrad (rather than support of Marxist thought) later fanned this enthusiasm, with the result that many French intellectuals joined the Communist Party. Each event in the authors’ lives is recounted individually from each one’s point of view, before being retold by both of them in unison. This manner of telling their story fully respects each writer’s personality and style, and has resulted in an especially intense book. Dominique Desanti is a journalist, essayist and novelist. Jean-Toussaint Desanti is a philosopher and professor emeritus at the University of Paris I-Sorbonne.

François George, Pierre Fougeyrollas

A Philosopher in the Resistance

Michel Meulders

Helmh From the Enlightenment to the Neurosciences

François Mitterrand

Interrupted Memoirs

François Mitterrand, Élie Wiesel

A Conversational Memoir

Roger Quilliot, Claire Quilliot

Memoirs II

Colonel Passy

Colonel Passy Memoirs of the Chief of the Secret Services of a Liberated France

These two volumes constitute a new edition of Colonel Passy’s memoirs, which were first published by Plon in a three-volune limited edition (Deuxième Bureau-Londres; 10 Duke Street-Londres; Missions Secrètes en France). The new edition has been presented and annotated by historian Jean-Louis Crémieux-Brilhac, a specialist in the period. André Dewawrin, alias Colonel Passy, headed the Bureau de Contre-espionnage, de Renseignement et d’Action (BCRA) of the Free French in London, from 1940 to 1944. He became General Koenig’s chief of staff, in 1944. A former student at the prestigious Ecole Polytechnique, he headed the department of research and study for the French Ministry of Defence after the war.

Juliette Grange

Auguste Comte - Politics and Science

The writings of Auguste Comte are often reduced to a few excerpts and stereotypes, and as a result the judgement of "positivism" is quickly reached. Yet, industrial politics, the organisation of research, and the influence of the exact sciences on the way we regard politics, all eminently modern themes, lie at the heart of his thought. Therefore, this book, by one of the best French specialists, offers an original rereading of Comte and ultimately opens the way for a more personal reflection on the nature of the relations between science and politics as they exist today. Juliette Grange is a professor at the University of Nancy-II