Author: Alain Badiou
Publisher: Verso
Keywords: sarkozy, meaning
Number of Pages: 117
Published: 2008-12-08
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 184467309X
ISBN-13: 9781844673094

A trenchant and witty dissection of the French political scene by the leading radical philosopher. Alain Badiou, France’s leading radical theorist and commentator, dissects the Sarkozy phenomenon in this sharp, focused intervention. He argues that the election of Nicolas Sarkozy as President does not necessarily signal a crucial turning point in French politics, nor require a further rightward move from competing electoral forces. To understand the significance of Sarkozy, we have to look beyond the right-wing populism and vulgarity of the man himself, and ask what he represents: a

Author: Dennis Abrams
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
Keywords: leaders, world, modern, sarkozy, nicolas
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 2009-03-30
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 1604130814
ISBN-13: 9781604130812

Nicolas Sarkozy was born an outsider. A child of immigrants who grew up outside the circles of the French political elite, Sarkozy beat the odds by slowly climbing up the political mountain until he reached France’s highest peak - the office of the presidency. But how did this short, obese child from a broken home grow up to become the president of France? In Nicolas Sarkozy, explore what Sarkozy did to make it to the top and the political and personal prices he paid to achieve his dreams.