Jules Guesde: The Birth of Socialism and Marxism in France

by Jean-Numa Ducange

Book Overview

What explains France's unique Left? Many works have reflected upon the importance of Marxism in France, yet few studies have been devoted to the man who did most to introduce Marxism into its political culture: the today near-forgotten figure of Jules Guesde. It was with Guesde that Karl Marx drafted the world's first Marxist program, and Guesde who aroused the enthusiasm of countless worker-militants who saw him as their most important...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030346129
• ISBN13: 9783030346126
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"