The End of the French Intellectual From Zola to Houellebecq

Preface: the intellectual as object / a 'Selfie'? -- Introduction: the city and the pen -- Intellectuals in the torment of the century -- The Dreyfus affairs: human rights or author's rights? -- From Voltaire to Bourdieu: who are the 'true intellectuals'? -- Marx and his descendants: symbolic capital or political capital? -- The discreet charm of fascism: flirtation or love story? -- Twilight of the idols: the critical intellectual domesticated? -- Islamophobia and the intellectuals' 'rhinoceritis' -- From Houellebecq to Charlie Hebdo: submission or humour? -- From Finkielkraut to Zemmour: decadence or xenophobia?