Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Part I. Introduction -- Modern ideas of the present -- Socialism and socialist intellectuals in French history -- Part II. The present in the past: the Histoire socialiste and the socialist vision of time -- Socialists and their history -- Socialism and the flow of time in modernity -- Part III. Intellectual biography and the socialist experience of time -- Benoît Malon and André Léo: socialism and the harmonious present -- Georges Renard: socialist idealism and intellectual commitment -- Marcel Sembat and the daily life of socialism: between experience and enthusiasm -- Léon Blum: in the present, for the future -- Conclusion |
Summary |
How do we make social democracy - by seizing the unknown possibilities of the future, or by focusing our attention on the immediate present? Julian Wright examines French reformist and idealist socialism's fascination with modern history, using interlocking biographical essays to understand the timeframe of their social transformation |
Notes |
This edition previously issued in print: 2017 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Audience |
Specialized |
Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 20, 2017) |
Subject |
Socialism -- France -- History
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Socialism
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France
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780191841965 |
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019184196X |
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9780192524676 |
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0192524674 |
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