Julien Benda's classic study of 1920s Europe resonates today. The "treason of the intellectuals" is a phrase that evokes much but is inherently ambiguous.

Julien Benda, Roger Kimball

Introduction to the Transaction Edition

Translator's Note

Author's Foreword

1 The Modern Perfecting of Political Passions

2 Significance of this Movement-Nature of Political Passions

3 The "Clerks"-The Great Betrayal

4 Summary-Predictions

Notes