Marx, a French Passion: The Reception of Marx and Marxisms in Frances Political-intellectual Life (Historical Materialism Book, 280)

This volume explores the vast influence of Marx and Marxisms on France’s intellectual and political life. It examines the many ways his thought has been disseminated, studied and used as a reference point, by both left-wing forces and their opponents. ‎Contents ‎Introduction. Writing the History of France’s Marxisms (Ducange and Burlaud) ‎Prologue. Karl Marx’s France (Burlaud) ‎Part 1. The Political Uses of Marx ‎Chapter 1. The Socialists’ Marx: The Guesde-Jaurès Moment (Ducange) ‎Chapter 2. The Socialists’ Marx: The Centenary of Marx’s Birth, A Challenge for the SFIO (Huard) ‎Chapter 3. The Socialists’ Marx: The Blum Era (Hohl) ‎Chapter 4. The Socialists’ Marx: From Guy Mollet to the Present (Fulla) ‎Chapter 5. The Communists’ Marx: Karl Marx, Marxism and Marxism-Leninism, 1920–55 (Wolikow) ‎Chapter 6. The Communists’ Marx: A (Now-)Problematic Reference Point, 1956–2017 (Crézégut) ‎Chapter 7. The Far Left’s Marx: The Politicisation of a Scholarly Marxism (Massa) ‎Part 2. Translating, Editing, and Publishing Marx ‎Chapter 8. How to Translate Marx into French? (Fondu and Quétier) ‎Chapter 9. PCF Publishing Houses and Marx in France, 1920–60: From Politics to Scholarship? (Bouju) ‎Chapter 10. Marx’s Works in the ‘Bibliothèque de la Pléiade’: A Paradoxical Legitimation (Le Moullec-Rieu) ‎Chapter 11. A Golden Age for Marxist Publishing? The 1960s and 1970s (Hage) ‎Part 3. Marx and the Social Sciences ‎Chapter 12. Marxism and Rationalism in the French Social Sciences (1930–60) (Gouarné) ‎Chapter 13. Marx’s Peculiar Fate in French Economic Scholarship (Pouch) ‎Chapter 14. Sociology and Marxism (Mauger) ‎Chapter 15. Marx and French Historians (Dosse) ‎Chapter 16. Marxism and Literary Criticism (Dumont, Fondu and Veron) ‎Part 4. Theoretical Hybridisations ‎Chapter 17. Marx and the Marxists, Children of France’s Eighteenth Century? (Roza) ‎Chapter 18. Marxism and Phenomenology in France (Feron) ‎Chapter 19. The Structuralist Marx (Matonti) ‎Chapter 20. Marx, an Avant-Gardist? (Thomas) ‎Chapter 21. Post-’68 Intellectuals and Marx: A Fascination with ‘Farewells’ (Aubert) ‎Chapter 22. Feminisms, Marxism, And Their Contentious Links (Chaperon and Rochefort) ‎Part 5. Seen from Elsewhere ‎Chapter 23. Marx Seen from the Right: When French Economists Discovered Marx’s Capital (Cahen) ‎Chapter 24. Marx Seen from the Right: Raymond Aron, Marxism and Communism (Châton) ‎Chapter 25. French Catholics and Marxism, From the 1930s to the ‘1968 moment’ (Pelletier) ‎Chapter 26. Marx in French-Speaking Africa (Blum) ‎Chapter 27. Learning Marxism in Paris: Chinese Communist Students in France (1919–25) (Liu and Bi) ‎References ‎Index "Despite the collapse of Soviet-style socialism, the spectre of Marx still haunts the French imagination. This is no accident, in a country whose intellectual life and political history have long been marked by his multiple presences. This volume offers a historical and sociological insight into the way his thought has been received in the French context, from his own lifetime to the present. Analysing Marx's place and influence in the French intellectual, political and artistic debate-across the political spectrum and even in the French-speaking colonial world-it helps us understand the uses and misuses of an uvre of paramount importance"-- Provided by publisher Despite the collapse of Soviet-style socialism, the spectre of Marx still haunts the French imagination. This is no accident, in a country whose intellectual life and political history have long been marked by his multiple presences. This volume offers a historical and sociological insight into the way his thought has been received in the French context, from his own lifetime to the present. Analysing Marx's place and influence in the French intellectual, political and artistic debate – across the political spectrum and even in the French-speaking colonial world – it helps us understand the uses and misuses of an œuvre of paramount importance.