French Revolutionary Syndicalism and the Public Sphere (Hardcover, New)

This study explores the evolution of the Confederation Generale du Travail (CGT) and its interaction with the French public sphere, between 1900 and 1920. Animated by revolutionary syndicalist discourse, the CGT supported federalist worker control of industry in fin-de-siecle France, and by World War I had developed a distinctively productivist discourse, emphasizing increased material output through efficient, expert direction of the economy. Kenneth Tucker examines the triumph of this productivism and instrumental rationality, in contrast with other visions of society and the future. He gives a Habermasian twist to the recent lingusitic turn in labour history, focusing on the role of competing bodies of knowledge in influencing the self-understanding and strategies of the CGT. He also goes further to situate the rise of productivism within the social and cultural context of the French Third Republic.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
Release date:	July 1996
First published:	1996
Authors:	Kenneth H. Tucker
Dimensions:	236 x 158 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	296
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-56359-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General
LSN:	0-521-56359-3
Barcode:	9780521563598

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