Journal d’un intellectuel en chômage
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Journal d’un intellectuel en chômage is a reflective autobiographical work by Denis de Rougemont that explores the inner life, doubts, and social critique of an unemployed intellectual in interwar Europe.
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| Journal d’un intellectuel en chômage canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Journal d’un intellectuel en chômage Context triple: [Denis de Rougemont, wrote, Journal d’un intellectuel en chômage]
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A.
Le Droit à la paresse
Le Droit à la paresse is a socialist and anti-capitalist essay by Paul Lafargue that critiques the work ethic and advocates for leisure as a fundamental human right.
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B.
La Condition humaine
La Condition humaine is a 1933 existential and political novel by André Malraux set during the 1927 Chinese revolution, exploring human destiny, commitment, and revolutionary struggle.
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C.
L’écriture ou la vie
L’écriture ou la vie is a memoir by Jorge Semprún in which he reflects on his survival of Nazi concentration camps and the struggle between bearing witness through writing and the desire to live beyond trauma.
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D.
The Myth of Sisyphus
The Myth of Sisyphus is a philosophical essay by Albert Camus that uses the Greek myth of Sisyphus to explore the concept of the absurd and the search for meaning in a meaningless world.
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E.
Mes idées politiques
Mes idées politiques is a major political essay by French nationalist thinker Charles Maurras, in which he systematically presents and defends his monarchist, anti-parliamentary, and integral nationalist doctrines.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Journal d’un intellectuel en chômage Target entity description: Journal d’un intellectuel en chômage is a reflective autobiographical work by Denis de Rougemont that explores the inner life, doubts, and social critique of an unemployed intellectual in interwar Europe.
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A.
Le Droit à la paresse
Le Droit à la paresse is a socialist and anti-capitalist essay by Paul Lafargue that critiques the work ethic and advocates for leisure as a fundamental human right.
-
B.
La Condition humaine
La Condition humaine is a 1933 existential and political novel by André Malraux set during the 1927 Chinese revolution, exploring human destiny, commitment, and revolutionary struggle.
-
C.
L’écriture ou la vie
L’écriture ou la vie is a memoir by Jorge Semprún in which he reflects on his survival of Nazi concentration camps and the struggle between bearing witness through writing and the desire to live beyond trauma.
-
D.
The Myth of Sisyphus
The Myth of Sisyphus is a philosophical essay by Albert Camus that uses the Greek myth of Sisyphus to explore the concept of the absurd and the search for meaning in a meaningless world.
-
E.
Mes idées politiques
Mes idées politiques is a major political essay by French nationalist thinker Charles Maurras, in which he systematically presents and defends his monarchist, anti-parliamentary, and integral nationalist doctrines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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diary ⓘ |
| author | Denis de Rougemont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| critiques |
bourgeois society
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capitalist economic order ⓘ conformism ⓘ |
| describes |
inner life of an intellectual
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social and political context of interwar Europe ⓘ |
| explores |
experience of marginality
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relationship between faith and politics ⓘ role of the intellectual in society ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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essay ⓘ philosophical literature ⓘ political reflection ⓘ |
| hasForm |
fragmentary reflections
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journal ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
Christian
NERFINISHED
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Europeanist ⓘ anti-totalitarian ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
European crisis of the 1930s
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Protestant cultural background ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | personalism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | unemployed intellectual ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of autobiography and social analysis
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early expression of Rougemont’s personalism ⓘ introspective style ⓘ |
| philosophicalCurrent | Christian personalism ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
L’Amour et l’Occident
NERFINISHED
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Penser avec les mains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | interwar Europe ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
intellectuals
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readers of autobiographical literature ⓘ students of political thought ⓘ |
| theme |
crisis of European civilization
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existential doubt ⓘ individual vs society ⓘ intellectual life ⓘ political engagement ⓘ search for meaning ⓘ social critique ⓘ spiritual crisis ⓘ unemployment ⓘ |
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