The Spectre of Babeuf
Published on 12. August 1997
VIII, 204 pages
978-1-349-25599-3 (ISBN)
Description
This study of Babeuf as a political thinker, based on an analysis of his extensive writings, and on scholarship unavailable in English, shows him to be a major precursor of the modern revolutionary socialist tradition. The first part traces Babeuf's political evolution in the context of the French Revolution; the second examines his changing reputation among subsequent historians. The final section assesses the originality of his thought, showing him to be neither a Jacobin nor a Utopian.
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Ian Birchall
The Spectre of Babeuf
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05/1997
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Content
Chronology - Introduction - PART 1: THE EMERGENCE OF A REVOLUTIONARY - 'Born in the Mud' - Advancing Revolution - The Conspiracy - The Trial - PART 2: THE CONDESCENSION OF POSTERITY - First Opinions - 1848 and After - The Shadow of October - Cold War and After - PART 3: BABEUF'S SOCIALISM - Common Happiness - Theory and Practice - Appendix - Bibliographical Note - Endnotes
