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- Book Title
- Conservative Socialism
- ISBN
- 9780765801609
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
0765801604
ISBN-13
9780765801609
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2346705
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
294 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Conservative Socialism : the Decline of Radicalism and the Triumph of the Left in France
Publication Year
2002
Subject
Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Europe / France, Sociology / General, World / European, General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
20 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2002-075685
Reviews
"Roger Kaplan is one of our keenest observers of French politics and deserves to be better known. His book is a meticulous study of the French left during the Mitterrand years, but it is also a contribution to our understanding of how Europeans in general are coping--ideologically and practically--with the post-Cold War world. Though a work of history, this is a vital and timely book for anyone concerned with contemporary politics." --Mark Lilla, University of Chicago "Roger Kaplan's book, Conservative Socialism is one of the best analysis I ever read about the evolution of the French left and even the European Left since 1980." --Jean-Francois Revel "Roger Kaplan offers a penetrating, incisive, and extremely well informed look into the arcane complexities of French Socialism, which has been struggling to unite an ideology rooted in the French revolutionary tradition with the issues posed by guiding a country with a large-scale capitalist economy. Kaplan knows France from the inside, and his book is a fascinating read for anyone concerned with the social-political history of the last half-century." --Joseph Frank
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
320.53/1/0944
Table Of Content
A Note on Dates and Texts Prologue 1. The Playwright and the Marketplace 2. The Proprieties of Appropriation 3. Plagiarism and Property 4. Collaboration 5. The Canon Epilogue Appendix A: Dramatic Collaboration, 1590-1720 Appendix B: Collected Editions of Plays, 1604-1720 Bibliography Index of Plays General Index
Synopsis
This work on the decline of French radicalism was conceived after the fall of the Berlin Wall as an essay on the decline and decay of the revolutionary idea in European politics. The theme provided an organizing principle for Roger Kaplan's analysis of the evolution of the French left in the wake of events for which it was politically and intellectually unprepared. Kaplan provides a basis for understanding the performance of a French socialist regime in power, one more uncertain of its mission than at any other time in its history. The paradox of French radicalism is that when it was out of office, it was quite certain about its mission. When it attained power, it lost its sense of mission, and hence its confidence as to the proper uses of power. "Conservative Socialism" for Kaplan is not simply an invention of the Mitterand Era, but an ideology rooted in French history. Unwilling or unable to embrace the social democratic idea of the "third way," French socialism became a force to conserve particularism in French culture and nationalism in its foreign policies. While socialism had long become a force to inhibit the rise of capitalism and freedom in France, the decline of its radicalism was inevitable. This is because in a country as conservative as France it was necessary for socialists and their assorted allies, to project a conservative image to be trusted. In France, the Left has abandoned the idea of radicalism so as to exercise power. Kaplan's unique and imaginative reading of French political history will have a profound effect on how that nation is perceived in this new epoch of the European Union. He argues persuasively and fairly that the French Left is alive if not well. The Left rose to power in France despite its policy failures, embarrassments, because it transcended the "end" to which its political dogma would have consigned it. Conservative Socialism will have a stunning impact on how political theorists view political developments in France and Europe., This work was conceived after the fall of the Berlin Wall as an essay on the decay of the revolutionary idea in European politics. The theme provided an organizing principle for articles on the evolution of the French Left in the wake of events for which it was not prepared.
LC Classification Number
HX239
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