
Prelude To Revolution
France in May 1968
Daniel Singer(Author)
Haymarket Books (Publisher)
Published on 9. July 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
434 pages
978-1-60846-273-5 (ISBN)
Description
Prelude to Revolution is an essential history of the May 1968 protests and upheaval in France, during which French workers staged the first wildcat general strike in history and the largest general strike to this day. Daniel Singer discusses how these actions changed the world. Prelude to Revolution is the indispensable study of May 1968. Many generations have looked to older editions of this book for inspiration. Singer was widely considered the most adept interpreter of European politics for American audiences. He shows here how change happens - and why it is needed.
Reviews / Votes
"If Marx had been living in Paris during May 1968, he might have written this book."?New Republic"An intimate and intricate account of the events in Paris by one who knew almost every cobblestone in the Latin Quarter."
?Michael Foot
"Daniel Singer is the left's most brilliant arsonist. He sets ablaze whole forests of dessicated cliches about the end of history' and the triumph of the market' in order to light the way forward for the next generation of radical thinkers and activists." -- Mike Davis
"Daniel Singer is the premier progressive interpreter of European affairs. His courageous vision and sophisticated analysis gives us hope even in this ice age of fashionable neoliberalism and conservatism." -- Cornel West
"I can think of no journalist more versed, more hip to what is happening in Europe today than Daniel Singer. -- Studs Terkel "If Marx had been living in Paris during May 1968, he might have written this book."-New Republic
"An intimate and intricate account of the events in Paris by one who knew almost every cobblestone in the Latin Quarter."
-Michael Foot
"Daniel Singer is the left's most brilliant arsonist. He sets ablaze whole forests of dessicated cliches about the end of history' and the triumph of the market' in order to light the way forward for the next generation of radical thinkers and activists." -- Mike Davis
"Daniel Singer is the premier progressive interpreter of European affairs. His courageous vision and sophisticated analysis gives us hope even in this ice age of fashionable neoliberalism and conservatism." -- Cornel West
"I can think of no journalist more versed, more hip to what is happening in Europe today than Daniel Singer. -- Studs Terkel
More details
Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60846-273-5 (9781608462735)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Daniel Singer (September 26, 1926 ? December 2, 2000) was a socialist writer and journalist. He was best known for his articles for The Nation in the United States and for The Economist in Britain, serving for decades as a European correspondent for each magazine. Gore Vidal described Singer as "one of the best, and certainly the sanest, interpreters of things European for American readers", with a "Balzacian eye for human detail."
Content
Preface vii
Part One The meaning of May 1
Part Two The Hidden Powder Keg 37
University in Turmoil 41
Society in Flux 69
"A Class for Itself"? 91
The Dynamics of Youth, or Angry Young Men 106
Part Three The Explosion 113
The Student Uprising (May 3-May 13) 115
The Workers Take Over (May 14-May 27) 152
How Not to Seize Power (May 27- May 31) 186
From General Strike to General Election 206
PART FOUR The Fallout 221
No Peasants on Their Backs 223
Anarchy and Dual Power 232
The "New Proletarians"? 243
Cultural Revolution 260
The Would-Be Soviets 269
The Negative Hero 276
PART FIVE In Search of the Future 297
The End of Marginalism 299
Without a Model 322
The Unwithering State 349
Tests for a Strategy 365
The International Dimension 389
Age of Conflict or Age of Resolution? 404
Abbreviations 411
Index 415
Part One The meaning of May 1
Part Two The Hidden Powder Keg 37
University in Turmoil 41
Society in Flux 69
"A Class for Itself"? 91
The Dynamics of Youth, or Angry Young Men 106
Part Three The Explosion 113
The Student Uprising (May 3-May 13) 115
The Workers Take Over (May 14-May 27) 152
How Not to Seize Power (May 27- May 31) 186
From General Strike to General Election 206
PART FOUR The Fallout 221
No Peasants on Their Backs 223
Anarchy and Dual Power 232
The "New Proletarians"? 243
Cultural Revolution 260
The Would-Be Soviets 269
The Negative Hero 276
PART FIVE In Search of the Future 297
The End of Marginalism 299
Without a Model 322
The Unwithering State 349
Tests for a Strategy 365
The International Dimension 389
Age of Conflict or Age of Resolution? 404
Abbreviations 411
Index 415