| The Spectre of Babeuf 1997 Edition Contributor(s): Birchall, Ian H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349256013 ISBN-13: 9781349256013 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - History | Modern - General - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.62 lbs) 204 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
