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This study of Babeuf as a political thinker, based on an analysis of his extensive writings, and on scholarship unavailable in English, shows him to be a major precursor of the modern revolutionary socialist tradition. The first part traces Babeuf's political evolution in the context of the French Revolution; the second examines his changing reputation among subsequent historians. The final section assesses the originality of his thought, showing him to be neither a Jacobin nor a Utopian.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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The Emergence of a Revolutionary
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The Condescension of Posterity
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Babeuf’s Socialism
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Spectre of Babeuf
Authors: Ian H. Birchall
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25599-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Ian H. Birchall 1997
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-25601-3Published: 01 January 1997
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-25599-3Published: 12 August 1997
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 204
Topics: European History, Modern History, Political Science, Political Theory