The paradise of association : political culture and popular organizations in the Paris Commune of 1871 / Martin Phillip Johnson.
1996
JS5170 .J64 1996 (Mapit)
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The paradise of association : political culture and popular organizations in the Paris Commune of 1871 / Martin Phillip Johnson.
ISBN
0472107240 (alk. paper)
9780472107247 (alk. paper)
9780472107247 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, ©1996.
Language
English
Description
viii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
JS5170 .J64 1996
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.2/0944
Summary
The Paradise of Association is the first comprehensive treatment of the tumultuous revolutionary clubs of 1871. It proposes an innovative approach to the Paris Commune, the largest urban uprising in modern European history. For Marx and Lenin the Commune was a brilliant harbinger of proletarian dictatorship; for others, it was merely the last of the nineteenth-century revolutions. The Paradise of Association argues instead that the Commune resulted from revolutionary action by popular clubs and was shaped by the unique political culture fostered within them. The volume combines a detailed social analysis of 733 club militants with a "new cultural history" perspective, examining the language and practices of popular organizations in relation to such topics as historical memory, gender difference, definitions of citizenship, and revolutionary symbolism.
This new perspective on the Commune entails revising several assumptions about the development of socialism and the evolution of party structures and popular movements in the late nineteenth century. It will be of interest to historians, to those interested in the relationship between popular culture and politics, and to researchers and students of gender relations and class dynamics in revolutionary movements.
This new perspective on the Commune entails revising several assumptions about the development of socialism and the evolution of party structures and popular movements in the late nineteenth century. It will be of interest to historians, to those interested in the relationship between popular culture and politics, and to researchers and students of gender relations and class dynamics in revolutionary movements.
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This new perspective on the Commune entails revising several assumptions about the development of socialism and the evolution of party structures and popular movements in the late nineteenth century. It will be of interest to historians, to those interested in the relationship between popular culture and politics, and to researchers and students of gender relations and class dynamics in revolutionary movements.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-312) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction : revolution and political culture
The origins of the commune. Club politics during the siege of Paris
The revolutionary socialist party
Shaping the revolution
The New World. Association and the New World
The structures of club society
The components of club culture
Gender and clubiste political culture
Conclusion : the legacies of the commune.
The origins of the commune. Club politics during the siege of Paris
The revolutionary socialist party
Shaping the revolution
The New World. Association and the New World
The structures of club society
The components of club culture
Gender and clubiste political culture
Conclusion : the legacies of the commune.