Overview

This text traces French socialism's origins to the revolutionary communist, Gracchus Babeuf (1796). It examines how socialist ideas and aspirations were radically transformed within the 19th century and shows how the French parliamentary socialist groups can be understood through their predecessors. The volume pulls together and identifies the major issues that preoccupied the early socialists: revolution, religion, education, the staute of women, association and work and outlines how socialist ideas developed and changed from a morality-based plural socialism of men and women that sought to smooth away class conflict to a materiealist, internationalist socialism that used the rhetoric of revolution and class war.

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Author:   Pamela M. Pilbeam
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Acumen Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9781902683171

ISBN 10:   190268317
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 November 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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a well-written, well-researched textbook - provides a clear introduction to a set of key political and social themes. A valuable introduction to an unjustly ignored moment in the history of left-wing political culture. - French History - will certainly prove useful to students and scholars alike. Pilbeam's refreshingly readable synthesis offers a timely point of access to innovative recent work on such themes as socialist feminism and the relationship between socialism and religion. A welcome overview of the subject. - History An important addition to the scholarship on this period. - Journal for the Society of Utopian Studies

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Pamela Pilbeam is Professor of French History at Royal Holloway, University of London.

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