ISBN:
9783031078279
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 356 p. 3 illus.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2022.
Series Statement:
Marx, Engels, and Marxisms
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Keywords:
World politics.
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Marxian school of sociology.
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Europe—Politics and government.
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Political science.
Abstract:
1. Origin and Formation of a New Party -- 2. Bolsheviks “à la française” 1921-1933 -- 3. The time of the Popular Front -- 4. The CPF in the War -- 5. The First Party of France -- 6. Joining the Cold War -- 7. An Uncertain Party 1953-1958 -- 8. The PCF and Gaullism 1958-1968 -- 9. 1968-1972 Between Two Springs -- 10. From the Common Agenda to the Departure of the Government 1972-1984 -- 11. 1984-2002: An Irresistible Setback -- 12. 2002-2019: Conjuring Decline.
Abstract:
The Communist Party appeared a hundred years ago on the French political and social scene. According to opinions and moments, it has been the party of Moscow, of those shot, of the working class, of the union of the left, the party of the foreigner or that of the nation. It has been underground, in government, in town halls, in factories or in the streets. Some considered it too revolutionary, others not enough. More than others, it aroused passions, positive or negative. It attracted many and repelled just as many. After the fall of the USSR, it decided to remain a communist party, while many others gave it up. But it no longer has the place it once had, in reality as in the imagination. This book does not intend to judge, but to provide keys to understanding. It is based on a considerable number of archives that are now available and is an ordered and distanced look at an object that is not lacking in complexity and no doubt even in mystery. Roger Martelli is an independent scholar and historian, based in France. Jean Vigreux is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Burgundy-Franche-Comte, Dijon, France. Serge Wolikow is Professor Emeritus at the University of Burgundy, France.
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-031-07827-9
