Auguste Blanqui and the Politics of Popular Empowerment

by Philippe Le Goff

Book Overview

Few individuals made such an impact on nineteenth-century French politics as Louis-Auguste Blanqui (1805-1881). Political organiser, leader, propagandist and prisoner, Blanqui was arguably the foremost proponent of popular power to emerge after the French Revolution. Practical engagement in all the major uprisings that spanned the course of his life - 1830, 1848, 1870-71 - was accompanied by theoretical reflections on a broad range of issues, from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350076805
• ISBN13: 9781350076808
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"