Argument The Era of the French Intellectual Is Over The recently deceased Edgar Morin was the last reminder of a bygone phenomenon. June 18, 2026, 3:12 PM By Robert Zaretsky, a professor of history at the University of Houston’s Honors College and the author of Victories Never Last: Reading and Caregiving in a Time of Plague. A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair, reading a French magazine titled "LA RECHERCHE." He has thin hair, a thoughtful expression, and is wearing a dark, long-sleeved button-down shirt. On the wall behind him hangs a framed painted portrait...