Marxism At Work - Ideology, Class and French Socialism During the Third Republic

Zusammenfassung Focusing on the Parti Ouvrier Français (the 'Guesdists'), the author argues that vulgar polemic rather than profound works of theory converted entire communities to an austere but messianic socialism which still influences French politics today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Ideology, history, and the study of Marxism; 2. The Parti Ouvrier Francais: its history and historiography; 3. The axioms of class war; Part I. The Making of the French Working Class: 4. The capitalist mode of production and proletarianisation; 5. Problems of proletarianisation; 6. Class and industrial organisation; 7. The bourgeois state versus the proletarian party; 8. Reform and revolution; Part II. The Unmaking of the French Working Class: 9. Religion and the class war; 10. Class versus blood and soil; 11. Gender, generations, and class; Part III. History and Class Conflict: 12. French Marxism and the bourgeoisie; 13. The Guesdists and the petite bourgeoisie; 14. Marxism and rural society; 15. Marxists encounter the 'new middle class'; 16. The proletarian revolution and the socialist utopia; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography.

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• Authors: Robert Stuart, Robert (University of Western Australia Stuart, Robert C. Stuart, Stuart Robert
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.05.2002
• EAN: 9780521893053
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89305-3
• No. of pages: 536
• Series: Ideology, Class and French Soc
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, C 1700 To C 1800