Beyond France's own national historiography, the French Revolution was a fundamental point of reference for the nineteenth-century socialist movement. While Karl Marx never wrote his planned history of the Revolution, beginning in the 1880s the German and Austrian social-democrats did embark on such a project. This was an important moment for both Marxism and the historiography of the French Revolution. Yet it has not previously been the object of any overall study. The French Revolution and Social Democracy studies both the social-democratic readings of the foundational revolutionary event and the place of this history in militant culture, as seen in sources from party educationals to leaflets and workers' calendars.

First published in 2012 as La Re volution franc aise et la social-de mocratie. Transmissions et usages politiques de l'histoire en Allemagne et Autriche, 1889-1934 by Presses Universitaires de Rennes in 2012.

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About the Author

Jean-Numa Ducange, Ph.D. (2009), Rouen-Normandie University (France), is Assistant Professor in Contemporary History at that University, co-director of Actuel Marx (PUF) and has published several articles and books on the History of the Left in France, Germany and Austria, including Jules Guesde. L'anti-Jaures? (Armand Colin, 2017) and as co-editor Marx, une passion francaise (La Decouverte, 2018).

Book Information
ISBN 9781642590531
Author Jean-Numa Ducange
Format Paperback
Page Count 358
Imprint Haymarket Books
Publisher Haymarket Books