Marxism at work ideology, class and French socialism during the Third Republic

"Despite a century of debate and criticism, Marxism as a mass ideological practice has remained an elusive topic. This book examines Marxist socialism as a mode of understanding and self-understanding treasured and transmitted by thousands of anonymous militants. It focuses upon the Parti Ouvrier Francais, the 'Guesdists', an archetypical movement of Marxism's 'Golden Age' before the First World War, the period when Marxist socialism evolved from sect to mass movement. Thousands of French socialists adopted Marxism due to the effectiveness of vulgar Guesdist polemic rather than to Marx's profound theoretical works, and entire communities were converted to an austere but messianic socialism which still affects French politics today. This book traces the doctrine's birth through conflict with liberals, proto-fascists, and anarchists; its 'making' of a working class; its attempted seduction of the middle class; and its confusion before alternative social visions - issues which today still condition the interpretive triumphs and political tragedies of Marxist ideology."

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"Marxism at work : ideology, class, and French socialism during the Third Republic"
"Marxism at work ideology, class, and French socialism during the Third Republic"
"Marxism at Work Ideology, Class and French Socialism during the Third Republic"
"Marxism at work : ideology, class and French socialism during the Third Republic"
"Marxism at work : ideology, class and french socialism during the third republic"