Paradigm For Revolution? The Paris Commune 1871–1971
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A landmark work of political and historical scholarship, Paradigm For Revolution? The Paris Commune 1871–1971 presents a rigorous centennial reassessment of one of the most dramatic and contested events in modern history. Drawing together essays from leading thinkers and historians, the volume examines the Paris Commune of 1871—the radical working-class government that briefly seized control of the French capital—and interrogates its enduring legacy as a symbol of revolutionary possibility. The collection argues that the Commune's meaning has been perpetually reinterpreted across a century of socialist, anarchist, and Marxist thought, making it less a fixed historical event than a living ideological touchstone. With an academic yet accessible tone, the contributors detail how successive generations of revolutionaries, from Lenin to the New Left of the 1960s, claimed the Commune as a paradigm for their own political ambitions. The result is a searching and intellectually stimulating work that illuminates the tension between historical fact and revolutionary myth.
Author: Eugene Kamenka
Format: Paperback
Published: 1972, Australian National University Press
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark work of political and historical scholarship, Paradigm For Revolution? The Paris Commune 1871–1971 presents a rigorous centennial reassessment of one of the most dramatic and contested events in modern history. Drawing together essays from leading thinkers and historians, the volume examines the Paris Commune of 1871—the radical working-class government that briefly seized control of the French capital—and interrogates its enduring legacy as a symbol of revolutionary possibility. The collection argues that the Commune's meaning has been perpetually reinterpreted across a century of socialist, anarchist, and Marxist thought, making it less a fixed historical event than a living ideological touchstone. With an academic yet accessible tone, the contributors detail how successive generations of revolutionaries, from Lenin to the New Left of the 1960s, claimed the Commune as a paradigm for their own political ambitions. The result is a searching and intellectually stimulating work that illuminates the tension between historical fact and revolutionary myth.