Ian H. Birchall

Sartre Against Stalinism (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Most critics of the political evolution of Jean-Paul Sartre have laid emphasis on his allegedly sympathetic and uncritical attitude to Stalinist Communism due, to a large extent, to their equation of Marxism with Stalinism. It is true that Sartre was guilty of many serious misjudgements with regard to the USSR and the French Communist Party. But his relationship with the Marxist Left was much more complex and co tradictory than most accounts admit. This book offers a political defence of Sartre and shows how, from a relatively apolitical stance in the 1930s, Sartre became increasingly involved in the politics of the Left; though he always distrusted Stalinism, he was sometimes driven to ally himself with it because of the force of its argument.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782389736
• Artikelnr.: 44912669

Autorenporträt

Ian H. Birchall, formerly Senior Lecturer in French at Middlesex University, is now an independent writer. His books include The Spectre of Babeuf (1997). He has written numerous articles and reviews in academic and political journals, especially on French literature, Sartre and on the history of socialism, and has translated works by Victor Serge and Alfred Rosmer. He is a member of the Socialist Workers Party.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Bibliographical Note
Abbreviations
Chronology
Chapter 1. Introduction: Claiming the Corpse
PART I: THE MAKING OF A REBEL
Chapter 2. 'La Communiste'
Chapter 3. The Threat of Fascism
Chapter 4. War within War
PART II: POSTWAR CHOICES
Chapter 5. The Better Choice
Chapter 6. Materialism or Revolution?
Chapter 7. The Spectre of Trotsky
Chapter 8. The RDR
Chapter 9. Which Camp?
PART III: RAPPROCHMENT WITH STALINISM
Chapter 10. Reorientation
Chapter 11. Dangerous Liaison
Chapter 12. Debate with the Far Left
Chapter 13. Laying the Ghost
PART IV: TOWARDS A NEW LEFT
Chapter 14. From Practice to Theory
Chapter 15. The Battle over Algeria
Chapter 16. Rebuilding the Left
Chapter 17. May to December
Chapter 18. Conclusion: Sartre's Century?
Bibliography
Index