Jean Grave and the Networks of French Anarchism, 1854-1939

ISBN-13: 9783030666170 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 243 str.

Constance Bantman

Recenzje

"Grave and his publications were central to transnational networks of international anarchism in the prewar era. ... this important book documents the central role of networks in the anarchist movement and the central role that Grave and his publications played in those networks at the turn of the century." (Jon Bekken, H-Net Reviews, h-net.org, May, 2022)

Spis treści

1 The Making of an Anarchist (1854-1879)

2 The Spirit of Revolt (Kropotkin, 1880): Le Révolté and Paris’s Anarchist Milieu in the 1880s

3 ‘Pyrotechnics or Philosophy?’: The Early 1890s

4 New Times: 1895-1900s

5 Revolution, War, Ostracisation: 1905-1918

6 ‘Dreaming of Reorganising’: After 1918

7 Conclusion

O autorze

Constance Bantman (FRHistS) is a former student of the Ecole Normale Supérieure and a Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Surrey, UK. She has published extensively on anarchist transnationalism, with a focus on France and Britain, and is the author of The French Anarchists in London 1880-1914. Exile and Transnationalism in the First Globalisation (LUP, 2013).

Blurb

This book explores the life of Jean Grave, one of the leading figures of the early twentieth-century French and international anarchist movement. It offers a new approach to understanding the activist networks through which the ideas and writings of Grave and his contemporaries were shared. Unlike other biographies of Grave, this book focuses on these personal and activist relationships, and the workings of these groups, circles and networks - from the very local to the global. Based predominantly in Paris, Grave can be seen as a remarkable example of immobile transnationalism, in which a very active and thriving print culture served as the prime medium for supporting contacts. Presenting a new perspective on Grave's life, the author presents a re-reading of the French anarchist movement in the years leading up to, during and after the First World War. It offers a new methodological approach to researching the history of political networks, particularly in their transnational ramifications, their role in the formation of social movements and activism, and their interplay with print culture.