Tony Judt
Born 2 January 1948 · Died 6 August 2010
From London, England, United Kingdom · Nationality: United Kingdom · Writes nonfiction
Tony Robert Judt (2 January 1948 – 6 August 2010) was an English historian, author, essayist and professor who specialised in European history. Judt moved to New York and served as the Erich Maria Remarque Professor in European Studies at New York University and director of NYU's Remarque Institute. He was director of the New York Institute for the Humanities from 1993 to 1996. Judt was a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996 and a corresponding Fellow of the British Academy in 2007.
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Quotes
“I am, I discover in late middle age, a work in progress.”
quoted in Samuel Moyn, "Intellectuals, Reason, and History: In Memory of Tony Ju “History is not written as it was experienced, nor should it be. The inhabitants of the past know better than we do what it was like to live there, but they were not well placed, most of them, to understand what was happening to them and why.”
The Burden of Responsibility: Blum, Camus, Aron, and the French Twentieth Century “If the era of political irresponsibility in France lasted from 1918 to 1958, the age of moral irresponsibility may be said to have begun in the mid-thirties and endured for the best part of four decades.”
The Burden of Responsibility: Blum, Camus, Aron, and the French Twentieth Century “Communism excited intellectuals in a way that neither Hitler nor (especially) liberal democracy could hope to match. Communism was exotic in locale and heroic in scale.”
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945, Chapter 7 “Pace the self-congratulatory narrative that has entered the American public record, Washington did not ‘bring down’ Communism—Communism imploded of its own accord.”
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945, Chapter 20
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Books by Tony Judt in order
Books by Tony Judt in the order they were published, from Socialism in Provence, 1871-1914 (1979) to Glory of the Rails (2022).
- 1Socialism in Provence, 1871-1914
Socialism in Provence, 1871-19141979 - 2Debating the Nature of Dissent in Eastern EuropeDebating the Nature of Dissent in Eastern Europe1980
- 3Marxism and the French Left
Marxism and the French Left1986 - 4Resistance and Revolution in Mediterranean Europe, 1939-1948
Resistance and Revolution in Mediterranean Europe, 1939-19481989 - 5Past Imperfect
Past Imperfect1992 - 6A Grand Illusion?
A Grand Illusion?1996 - 7The Burden of Responsibility
The Burden of Responsibility1998 - 8Cold WarCold War2004
- 9Language, Nation, and State
Language, Nation, and State2004 - 10Postwar
Postwar2005 - 11Essays on America, Israel and the World Since 9/11Essays on America, Israel and the World Since 9/112008
- 12Reappraisals
Reappraisals2008 - 13Colabration Reistance And Retribution
Colabration Reistance And Retribution2009 - 14Algo Va Mal
Algo Va Mal2010 - 15Ill Fares The Land
Ill Fares The Land2010 - 16The Memory Chalet
The Memory Chalet2010 - 17Thinking the Twentieth Century
Thinking the Twentieth Century2010 - 18El refugi de la memòria
El refugi de la memòria2011 - 19Wielkie Zludzenie Esej O EuropieWielkie Zludzenie Esej O Europie2012
- 20When the Facts Change
When the Facts Change2015 - 21Rozwazania O Wieku XX
Rozwazania O Wieku XX2019 - 22Glory of the RailsGlory of the Rails2022