Auguste Blanqui and the Politics of Popular Empowerment

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Auguste Blanqui and the Politics of Popular EmpowermentAuthor(s): Philippe Le Goff\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350076808, 978-1350076808\nSynopsis\nFew individuals made such an impact on nineteenth-century French politics as Louis-Auguste Blanqui [tel]. 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, [tel] was accompanied by theoretical reflections on a broad range of issues, from free will and fatalism to public education and individual development. Since his death, however, Blanqui has not been simply overlooked or neglected; his name has widely become synonymous with theoretical misconception and practical misadventure.\n\nAuguste Blanqui and the Politics of Popular Empowerment offers a majo.