Auguste Blanqui and the Politics of Popular Empowerment av Philippe Le (Assistant Professor University of Warwick UK) Goff

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Few individuals made such an impact on nineteenth-century French politics as Louis-Auguste Blanqui (1805-1881). 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, 1870-71 ¿ 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. <i>Auguste Blanqui and the Politics of Popular Empowerment</i> offers a major re-evaluation of one the most controversial figures in the history of revolutionary politics. The book draws extensively on Blanqui''s manuscripts and published works, as well as writings only recently translated into Engli