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Jean-François Revel

Born

in Marseille, France

January 19, 1924

Died

April 30, 2006

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Jean-François Revel was a French politician, journalist, author, prolific philosopher and member of the Académie française since June 1998.

He was best known for his books Without Marx or Jesus: The New American Revolution Has Begun, The Flight from Truth : The Reign of Deceit in the Age of Information and his 2002 book Anti-Americanism, one year after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. In the latter book, Revel criticised those Europeans who argued that the United States had brought about the terrorist attacks upon itself through misguided foreign policies. He wrote thus: "Obsessed by their hatred and floundering in illogicality, these dupes forget that the United States, acting in her own self-interest, is also acting in the interes ...more

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	The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life by Jean-François Revel, Matthieu Ricard 4.15 avg rating — 1,802 ratings — published 1997 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anti-Americanism 3.84 avg rating — 292 ratings — published 2002 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El conocimiento inútil 3.98 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1988 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Exit to Utopia: The Survival of Socialism in a Post-Soviet Era by Jean-François Revel, Diarmid Cammell (Translator) 4.14 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2000 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Democracies Perish by Jean-François Revel, Branko M. Lazi, William Byron (Translator) 3.97 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1983 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Without Marx or Jesus by Jean-François Revel, Mary McCarthy (Afterword) 3.65 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1970 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Totalitarian Temptation by Jean-François Revel, David Hapgood (Translator) 3.98 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1976 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mémoires: Le voleur dans la maison vide 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Un Festin en paroles. Histoire littéraire de la sensibilité gastronomique de l'Antiquité à nos jours 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1975 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pourquoi des philosophes, Pour l'Italie, Sur Proust, La cabale des dévots, Contrecensure, Descartes inutile et incertain 3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1962 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself.”
― Jean-Francois Revel

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“A human group transforms itself into a crowd when it suddenly responds to a suggestion rather than to reasoning, to an image rather than an idea, to an affirmation rather than to proof, to the repetition of a phrase rather than to arguments, to prestige rather than to competence.”
― Jean-François Revel

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“Democratic civilization is the first in history to blame itself because another power is trying to destroy it.”
― Jean-François Revel

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