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The French Revolution and historical materialism

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This text reasserts the Marxist view of the French Revolution as a bourgeois and capitalist revolution. Based mainly on articles published in the journal Historical Materialism it challenges the still dominant revisionist view of the French Revolution. It serves to restore the close tie between the history of the Old Regime and the Revolution. It demonstrates that the rise of a bourgeois capitalist class has a long history dating back to the sixteenth century. Moreover, it shows that the Revolution itself played a large role in strengthening the bourgeoisie politically and economically while bringing about the unification of financial and productive capital. Indeed, it shows that the rising of the masses during the Revolution, viewed by revisionism as economically regressive, in fact helped to bring about the consolidation of capitalism.

Title The French Revolution and historical materialism : selected essays / Henry Heller.
Publisher Leiden, [Netherlands] : Brill
Creation Date 2017
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index.
Content Front Matter -- Introduction: French Revolution and Historical Materialism -- Jaurès -- Review of Guy Lemarchand, Paysans et seigneurs en Europe -- The Longue Durée of the French Bourgeoisie -- Response to Henry Heller’s ‘The Longue Durée of the French Bourgeoisie’ / William Beik -- Henry Heller and the ‘Longue Durée of the French Bourgeoisie’ / David Parker -- Response to William Beik and David Parker -- French Absolutism and Agricultural Capitalism: A Comment on Henry Heller’s Essays / Stephen Miller -- Stephen Miller on Capitalism in the Old Regime: A Response -- Marx, the French Revolution, and the Spectre of the Bourgeoisie -- Review of Jeff Horn, The Path Not Taken: French Industrialization in the Age of Revolution, 1750–1830 -- Bankers, Finance Capital and the French Revolutionary Terror, 1791–4 -- Bibliography -- Index.
Series Historical Materialism Book Series, 1570-1522
Volume 140
Extent 1 online resource (283 pages) : illustrations.
Language English
Copyright Date ©2017
National Library system number 997012747175205171
MARC RECORDS
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