The Spectre of Babeuf

Birchall, Ian H.

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1997-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349256013

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-25599-3

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 204