Join facebook to connect with louis auguste blanqui and others you may know. Definition of blanqui, louis auguste in the definitions. Blanquism represented the point of merger between revolutionary jacobinism and the rising workingclass movement. Louisauguste blanqui is among the most romantic figures in the nineteenthcentury european revolutionary tradition. Louis auguste blanqui 8 february 1805 1 january 1881 was a french socialist and political activist. View a detailed profile of the structure 342358 including further data and descriptions in the emporis database. Auguste blanqui, in full louis auguste blanqui, born february 1, 1805, pugettheniers, francedied january 1, 1881, paris, revolutionary socialist, a legendary martyrfigure of french radicalism, imprisoned in all for more than 33 years. His disciples, the blanquists, played an important role in the history of the workers movement even after his death. As a conspirator in secret societies, a journalist for ephemeral newspapers, and a popular club orator, he. Information and translations of blanqui, louis auguste in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. Louisauguste blanqui, frank chouraqui introduction 4.
Blanqui, auguste 18051881, french republican political activist. Blanqui had been sentenced to prison more than nine times between 1831 and 1872 and spent there more than 33 years of his entire life. Works by louis auguste blanqui in 1832 the trial of the fifteen. Works by louisauguste blanqui in 1832 the trial of the. Blanqui was a vanguardist and revolutionary elitist, who believed that the best way to form a revolution was not through the mass or democracy, but through coups organised by a dedicated elite of professional revolutionaries. Communist historian doug enaa greene discusses the life and thought of the 19th century french communist revolutionary louisauguste blanqui 18051881. When louis auguste blanqui is remembered at all today by the left, it is as a cautionary tale.
Blanquis words were nothing less than a declaration of war upon the rule of the bourgeoisie on behalf of a mercilessly exploited proletariat. Louis auguste blanqui 18051881 was a french political activist. I am accused of having said to thirty million french people, proletarians like me, that they had the right to live. It is one of the main arteries linking the place ditalie with the place denfertrochereau.
Perhaps i should begin with the origins of my interest in the subject, which go back to the annus mirabilis of 1968. Nlr editors, presentation of blanqui, nlr i65, january. Blanqui at the castle of the bull 0 louis auguste blanqui eternity by the stars 64 i. Louisauguste blanqui quotes author of eternity by the stars. Defence of the citizenlouis auguste blanqui court of assizes source. Louis auguste blanqui was a french socialist and political activist, notable for his revolutionary theory of blanquism. The texts by blanqui in this archive have been translated from the original french for the m. In a century replete with radical politics, final liberations, historical codas, and dreams of eternity, the shadowy figure of louis auguste blanqui, the constant revolutionary, wrote eternity by the stars in the last months of 1871 while incarcerated in fort du taureau, a marine cell of the english channel. May 26, 2009 1 louis auguste blanqui 18051881 was a french anarchist. The influence of louis auguste blanqui walter benjamin. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Louis auguste blanqui he was involved in multiple armed insurrections, including the french revolution of 1848, and was jailed after their suppression.
The eternal return of louisauguste blanqui anthony peake. The most heroic figure in the french socialist movement, he spent most of his life in prison. A primary source is a work that is being studied, or that provides firsthand or direct evidence on a topic. The blanqui reader by louis auguste blanqui, hardcover. Auguste blanqui was the son of a low rank imperial official. The boulevard augusteblanqui is a boulevard in the th arrondissement of paris.
Louisauguste blanqui author of eternity by the stars. He was the son of french girondin politician jean dominique blanqui and the elder brother of the revolutionary, louis auguste blanqui. Louis auguste blanqui wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Auguste blanqui 18051881 was nicknamed lenferme because over half of his adult life was spent in jail. Although generally known for his political theory and the concept of blanquism he was also an intriguing philosopher. Political writings, 18301880, philippe le goff and peter hallward, ed. As a jew benjamin had been forced to leave germany many years. These words are the opening remarks of then 27yearold revolutionary, louisauguste blanquis defence speech when he was tried for treason by the french state in 1832.
Blanqui s father, a tuscan lecturer in philosophy, embraced the french republic and became a. Chronology the blanqui archive louis auguste blanqui. The revolutionary theories of louis auguste blanqui by alan b. Alan spitzer, the revolutionary theories of auguste blanqui, 17, evoking geffroy, lenferme, 2 volume edition paris.
The figures of charles peguy, walter benjamin and louis auguste blanqui recur throughout his work. The lifetime of auguste blanqui 180581 coincides with the rise and fall of the secret society as an effective harbinger of socialism. Evolution du m2 et estimation immobiliere des appartements et maisons rue louisauguste blanqui, 93140 bondy. He is remembered as an activist, an insurgent, involved in abortive insurrectionary movements in 1839, 1840, and 1870.
Louis auguste blanqui 8 february 1805 1 january 1881 was a proletarian nationalist and socialist in france. The blanqui archive auguste blanqui and his legacy. Works by louisauguste blanqui in 1832 the trial of the fifteen. Louis auguste blanqui article about louis auguste blanqui. Oct 21, 2015 louis auguste blanqui was a french socialist and political activist, notable for his revolutionary theory of blanquism. The original french texts are to be found in larchive auguste blanqui.
Revolution, dictatorship, and education this piece, very much a work in progress, aims to make sense of the revolutionary ideas and actions of louis auguste blanqui. Eternity by the stars louis auguste blanqui in a century replete with radical politics, final liberations, ends of history and dreams of eternity, louis auguste blanqui, the constant revolutionary, wrote eternity by the stars in the last months of 1871 while incarcerated in fort du taureau, a marine cell of the english. In late 1937, as the clouds of nazism began to obscure the sun of reason and humanity across europe, benjamin read eternity and the stars. Table of contents frank chouraqui at the crossroads of history. Auguste blanqui, revolutionary socialist, a legendary martyrfigure of french radicalism, imprisoned in all for more than 33 years.
First englishlanguage collection of writings by the legendary nineteenthcentury insurrectionist. The recently released communist insurgent tells the life story of french revolutionary louisauguste blanqui, and with it the history of a period of extraordinary social and political upheaval. The most detailed and informative biography of blanqui is alain decauxs blanqui, linsurge. According to the entry in wikipedia, blaqui, a journalist who advocated in violent political activism, spent half his life in french prisons. The one exception is the warning to the people which comes from marxengels collected works. Defence of the citizen louis auguste blanqui court of assizes source. A possible, but unacknowledged, influence upon nietzsche could have been french political activist louis auguste blanqui 18051881. One thinker who was influenced by blanqui was german philosopher walter benjamin 18921940. Auguste blanqui, textes choose, with preface and notes by vp volguine, editions sociales, paris 1971. Biography of louisauguste blanqui marxists internet archive. Eternity by the stars louisauguste blanqui in a century replete with radical politics, final liberations, ends of history and dreams of eternity, louisauguste blanqui, the constant revolutionary, wrote eternity by the stars in the last months of 1871 while incarcerated in fort du taureau, a marine cell of the english. His most important contributions were made in labour economics, economic history and especially the history of economic thought, in which field his 1837 treatise has been the first major work. Feb 02, 2014 communist historian doug enaa greene discusses the life and thought of the 19th century french communist revolutionary louis auguste blanqui 18051881.
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