Marxism and the French Left: Studies on Labour and Politics in France, 1830-1981

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NYU Press, May 1, 2011 - History - 347 pages

Unlike most books, which treat labor, Socialist and Communist history separately and view French Marxism as a self-contained philosophical phenomenon, Marxism and the French Left offers a refreshingly different approach to the subject. Judt emphasizes the complex and interwoven themes that unify the topics of his essays to construct a distinctive and original interpretation of French left-wing politics over the past 150 years.
“A well-informed and persuasive reinterpretation of the old French Left that is now receding beyond recall, except for historians.”—Times Literary Supplement

 

Contents

1 The Left in France
1
2 The French Labour Movement in the Nineteenth Century
24
3 The French Socialist Party 19201936
115
4 French Marxism 19451975
169
5 The Elections of 1981 in Historical Perspective
239
Bibliography
302
Chronology
323
Index
331
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Tony Judt was a University Professor, the Erich Maria Remarque Professor of European Studies, and director of the Remarque Institute at NYU.

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