Les Temps modernes
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Les Temps modernes is a French intellectual and literary journal closely associated with existentialist philosophy and postwar leftist thought.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Les Temps modernes canonical | 2 |
| The Modern Times | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Les Temps modernes Context triple: [Jean-Paul Sartre, founded, Les Temps modernes]
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Bande à part
Bande à part is a 1964 French New Wave crime drama film by Jean-Luc Godard, celebrated for its playful style, iconic dance scene, and unconventional approach to genre.
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Le Cinéma
Le Cinéma is a movie theater within Tokyo’s Bunkamura cultural complex, known for screening a curated selection of domestic and international films.
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Les Paysans
Les Paysans is a novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the social and economic conflicts between peasants and landowners in rural post-Revolutionary France, and forms part of his larger cycle La Comédie humaine.
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The 400 Blows
The 400 Blows is François Truffaut’s landmark 1959 coming-of-age film that helped launch the French New Wave and is celebrated for its intimate, realistic portrayal of adolescent alienation.
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L'Homme, cet inconnu
L'Homme, cet inconnu is a controversial 1935 book by Nobel Prize–winning surgeon Alexis Carrel that explores human biology, psychology, and society through a blend of scientific observation and speculative, often eugenic, ideas.
- 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: Les Temps modernes Target entity description: Les Temps modernes is a French intellectual and literary journal closely associated with existentialist philosophy and postwar leftist thought.
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A.
Bande à part
Bande à part is a 1964 French New Wave crime drama film by Jean-Luc Godard, celebrated for its playful style, iconic dance scene, and unconventional approach to genre.
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B.
Le Cinéma
Le Cinéma is a movie theater within Tokyo’s Bunkamura cultural complex, known for screening a curated selection of domestic and international films.
-
C.
Les Paysans
Les Paysans is a novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the social and economic conflicts between peasants and landowners in rural post-Revolutionary France, and forms part of his larger cycle La Comédie humaine.
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D.
The 400 Blows
The 400 Blows is François Truffaut’s landmark 1959 coming-of-age film that helped launch the French New Wave and is celebrated for its intimate, realistic portrayal of adolescent alienation.
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E.
L'Homme, cet inconnu
L'Homme, cet inconnu is a controversial 1935 book by Nobel Prize–winning surgeon Alexis Carrel that explores human biology, psychology, and society through a blend of scientific observation and speculative, often eugenic, ideas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French-language periodical
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intellectual journal ⓘ literary journal ⓘ |
| basedIn | Paris ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dissolved | 2019 ⓘ |
| editorInChief | Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
literature
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philosophy ⓘ politics ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Jean-Paul Sartre
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Maurice Merleau-Ponty ⓘ Raymond Aron ⓘ Simone de Beauvoir ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural magazine
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philosophy magazine ⓘ |
| hasOnlinePresence | official website ⓘ |
| hasPart |
book reviews
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literary essays ⓘ philosophical essays ⓘ political commentary ⓘ |
| ideology |
existentialism
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left-wing politics ⓘ |
| inception | 1945 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Marxism
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contemporary history ⓘ existentialist philosophy ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ political theory ⓘ postwar leftist thought ⓘ |
| motto | littérature engagée ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Les Temps modernes (Modern Times) by Charlie Chaplin
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linked to:
Modern Times
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| notableEditor |
Claude Lanzmann
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Francis Jeanson ⓘ Maurice Merleau-Ponty ⓘ Simone de Beauvoir ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a major organ of French existentialism
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influencing postwar French intellectual life ⓘ publishing engaged literature ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
anti-colonialist
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anti-fascist ⓘ |
| positionOnIssue |
critique of Stalinism
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opposition to French colonial war in Algeria ⓘ support for decolonization ⓘ support for human rights ⓘ |
| publicationFrequency | monthly ⓘ |
| publisher | Éditions Gallimard ⓘ |
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