Overview
- Provides a complete and renewed history of the French Communist Party
- Details the relationship of the French Communist Party with the USSR and the communist world more broadly
- Provides social, cultural, and historical context for changing opinions on the party
Part of the book series: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms (MAENMA)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
This book has been translated from French to English thanks to a financial help from the Gabriel Péri Foundation and the LIR3S UMR Cnrs 7366 of Dijon.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: One Hundred Years of History of the French Communist Party
Book Subtitle: The Red Party
Authors: Roger Martelli, Jean Vigreux, Serge Wolikow
Translated by: Jessica Slowick
Series Title: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07827-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-07826-2Published: 15 September 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-07829-3Published: 16 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-07827-9Published: 14 September 2022
Series ISSN: 2524-7123
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7131
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 356
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political History, Political Philosophy, European Politics, Political Theory