To the Finland Station: A Study in the Writing and Acting of History.

Traces the history of Vico's idea that "the social world is the work of man." Traces this revolutionary view of society through Michelet, Taine, Renan and Anatole France; through the early socialists, Saint-Simon, Babeuf, Fourier, Owen and the American socialists; and through the further development of their ideas in Marx and Engels. The final chapters deal with Lenin and Trotsky and the origins of the Russian Revolution itself. Includes an Index. Contents I 1. Michelet Discovers Vico 2. Michelet and the Middle Ages 3. Michelet and the Revolution 4. Michelet Tries to Live His History 5. Michelet Between Nationalism and Socialism 6. Decline of the Revolutionary Tradition: Renan 7. Decline of the Revolutionary Tradition: Taine 8. Decline of the Revolutionary Tradition: Anatole France II 1. Origins of Socialism: Babeuf’s Defense 2. Origins of Socialism: Saint-Simon’s Hierarchy 3. Origins of Socialism: The Communities of Fourier and Owen 4. Origins of Socialism: Enfantin and the American Socialists 5. Karl Marx: Prometheus and Lucifer 6. Karl Marx Decides to Change the World 7. Friedrich Engels: The Young Man from Manchester 8. The Partnership of Marx and Engels 9. Marx and Engels: Grinding the Lens 10. Marx and Engels Take a Hand at Making History 11. The Myth of the Dialectic 12. Marx and Engels Go Back to Writing History 13. Historical Actors: Lassalle 14. Historical Actors: Bakúnin 15. Karl Marx: Poet of Commodities and Dictator of the Proletariat 16. Karl Marx Dies at His Desk Ill 1. Lenin: The Brothers Ulyánov 2. Lenin: The Great Headmaster 3. Trotsky: The Young Eagle 4. Trotsky Identifies History with Himself 5. Lenin Identifies Himself with History 6. Lenin at the Finland Station Index