Marx, a French Passion: The Reception of Marx and Marxisms in France's Political-Intellectual Life - Paperback

by Jean-Numa Ducange (Editor), Antony Burlaud (Editor), David Broder (Translator)

Despite 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 oeuvre of paramount importance.

Author Biography

Jean-Numa Ducange is Professor of Contemporary History at the Université de Rouen Normandie and a member of the Institut Universitaire de France. He is co-director of the journal Actuel Marx.

Antony Burlaud is a doctoral student in political science at the Université de Paris 1 Sorbonne. He has published articles on French politics, Marxism and the history of the French left.