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Arthur Goldhammer

Arthur Goldhammer, a translator of more than 125 works in French, is an affiliate of the Center for European Studies at Harvard.

Articles

The Front National is not in government, but it’s still making gains.

Arthur Goldhammer

Forum Responses

John Bowen brilliantly summarizes the ambiguities and hypocrisies of France’s republican and secular faiths. In the face of radicalization, republican reflexes may be counterproductive. He suggests instead modifying “specific institutions and rules...
Arthur Goldhammer

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