Used Book – Les religions d'un président, Jean Daniel

A dense, rich, important book. Alain Minc, Le Monde. The main thesis of the editor of Le Nouvel Observateur is that François Mitterrand's socialism, while making the president the worthy successor of Jaurès and Léon Blum, draws heavily on the sources of Catholic tradition and, even more so, on social Christianity. This leads to a reflection, both appealing and true, on the relationship between the head of state and money. Alain Duhamel, Le Point. ...I found it fascinating...It's a superb book. Bernard Pivot, Apostrophes. ...Jean Daniel unhesitatingly distances himself from the president and his thinking. Such is "the chronicler". An admirer but not an adulator. Perhaps that is why these religions are as much a book about François Mitterrand as a reflection on today's world, or even, almost, a ...private diary. Michel Schifres, Le Journal du Dimanche.