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Tzvetan Todorov
sociologist, structuralist, and philosopher. Born 1939 in Sofia, Todorov emigrated to Paris in 1963, where he introduced the work of the Russian formalists to a French readership and worked with Roland Barthes. Tzvetan Todorov is director of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Paris. His publications include: The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to Literary Genre, Mikhail Bakhtin: The Dialogical Principle, The Conquest of America: The Question of the Other, Facing the Extreme: Moral Life in the Concentration Camps. His latest book is Mémoire du mal, Tentation du bien.
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Memory of evil, enticement to good
An interview with Tzvetan Todorov
In France, communism has positive associations with the Resistance movement. Not so for eastern Europeans, who must bring their own experiences to bear in the European discussion, says the Bulgarian philosopher. [Italian and Hungarian versions added] [more]