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Title: There's no intellectual like a French intellectual
Review: This was a very good, very interesting and-- surprisingly, considering that it was written in the 1920's-- very timely book. Despite his insistence on repeatedly quoting or referencing rather obscure sources (and not bothering to translate Latin quotes), and despite a tendency to reiterate the same point, Benda's thesis-- that the world's intellectual elite has given up the pursuit of truth in favor of blatant agitprop in support of their political causes is a thought-provoking one. Benda's implicit secondary point (that Julien Benda is way more erudite than I am) is also undeniable.
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