Can Common People Govern? - Political Parties, Movements, and Uprisings

In Can Common People Govern? renowned French social theorist, philosopher, and historian Jacques Bidet explores political parties, movements, and uprisings as forms of popular political organization. This book is relevant to students of Marxism as well as wider readership interested in political thought and action.

List of contents

Introduction 1. The One-Party Model: A Revealing Development of the Party-Form 2. The Mixed Legacy of the Bygone Class Party 3. The Fatal Contradictions of the Movement-Form 4. The Rainbow of Common People 5. Organize, Associate, Rise Up Appendix: On the Popular Left in France Today

About the author

Jacques Bidet is Emeritus Professor at the University of Paris-Nanterre, France, and the founder of the journal Actuel Marx. Since the 1980s, he has been developing a theory of modern society and history known as “metastructural theory of modernity.” His work is mainly inspired by Marx and influenced by thinkers such as Althusser, Habermas, Bourdieu, Foucault, Wallerstein, and others.

Summary

In Can Common People Govern? renowned French social theorist, philosopher, and historian Jacques Bidet explores political parties, movements, and uprisings as forms of popular political organization. This book is relevant to students of Marxism as well as wider readership interested in political thought and action.

Product details

• Authors: Jacques Bidet, Jacques (University of Paris Nanterre Bidet, Bidet Jacques
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032843575
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3284357-5
• No. of pages: 138
• Series: Marx and Marxisms
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Political Parties, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Political science and theory, Marxism & Communism, Political parties and party platforms