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Book SynopsisDespite 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.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Writing the History of France’s Marxisms Jean-Numa Ducange and Antony Burlaud Prologue: Karl Marx’s France Antony Burlaud Part 1 The Political Uses of Marx 1 The Socialists’ Marx: The Guesde-Jaurès Moment Jean-Numa Ducange 2 The Socialists’ Marx: The Centenary of Marx’s Birth: A Challenge for the SFIO Raymond Huard 3 The Socialists’ Marx: The Blum Era Thierry Hohl 4 The Socialists’ Marx: From Guy Mollet to the Present Mathieu Fulla 5 The Communists’ Marx: Karl Marx, Marxism and Marxism-Leninism, 1920–55 Serge Wolikow 6 The Communists’ Marx: A (Now-)Problematic Reference Point, 1956–2017 Anthony Crézégut 7 The Far Left’s Marx: The Politicisation of a Scholarly Marxism Patrick Massa Part 2 Translating, Editing, and Publishing Marx 8 How to Translate Marx into French? Guillaume Fondu and Jean Quétier 9 PCF Publishing Houses and Marx in France, 1920–60: From Politics to Scholarship? Marie-Cécile Bouju 10 Marx’s Works in the ‘Bibliothèque de la Pléiade’: A Paradoxical Legitimation Aude Le Moullec-Rieu 11 A Golden Age for Marxist Publishing? The 1960s and 1970s Julien Hage Part 3 Marx and the Social Sciences 12 Marxism and Rationalism in the French Social Sciences (1930–60) Isabelle Gouarné 13 Marx’s Peculiar Fate in French Economic Scholarship Thierry Pouch 14 Sociology and Marxism Gérard Mauger 15 Marx and French Historians François Dosse 16 Marxism and Literary Criticism Lucile Dumont, Quentin Fondu and Laélia Veron Part 4 Theoretical Hybridisations 17 Marx and the Marxists, Children of France’s Eighteenth Century? Stéphanie Roza 18 Marxism and Phenomenology in France Alexandre Feron 19 The Structuralist Marx Frédérique Matonti 20 Marx, an Avant-Gardist? Frédéric Thomas 21 Post-’68 Intellectuals and Marx: A Fascination with ‘Farewells’ Antoine Aubert 22 Feminisms, Marxism, And Their Contentious Links Sylvie Chaperon and Florence Rochefort Part 5 Seen from Elsewhere 23 Marx Seen from the Right: When French Economists Discovered Marx’s Capital Jacqueline Cahen 24 Marx Seen from the Right: Raymond Aron, Marxism and Communism Gwendal Châton 25 French Catholics and Marxism, from the 1930s to the ‘1968 Moment’ Denis Pelletier 26 Marx in French-Speaking Africa Françoise Blum 27 Learning Marxism in Paris: Chinese Students in France, 1919–25 Kaixuan Liu and Wenrui Bi References Index
