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IMHO the 1950s and 60s were the pinacle of intellectual life ( at least in france). Students were actually "fans" of philosophical figures like jean paul sartre
by bsaul 4y ago
IMHO the 1950s and 60s were the pinacle of intellectual life ( at least in france). Students were actually "fans" of philosophical figures like jean paul sartre. The trendiest place for youth wasn't a nightclub or a gym. It was the café de flore, close to "la sorbonne" university, were one could hope to see a famous writer have a coffee. Young people would spend their saturday skimming through books at "gilbert joseph" bookseller.
This is simply gone forever. Whenever i see today's celebrities becoming famous via 20 seconds tiktok, or pseudo intellectuals debating over twitter, and i think about this era that was only 50 years ago, i feel like crying.
- bzhang255 4y agoWere you one of those youths or are you just romanticizing someone else's past (which you know nothing about) so you can criticize a contemporary youth populace (whom you know nothing about)?
- humanizersequel 4y agoI am one of the "contemporary youth populace" and will second his comment.
- bsaul 4y agomy parents lived that period as students, i got those stories from them. but it's nothing extraordinary, pretty much everyone knows about this period. as for youth today, i use those apps and i talk to kids in my family. Once again pretty common knowledge.