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Focusing on France, and bringing together historians of politics,
literature, philosophy, art, and film, this volume sheds light on
the imagination and experience of the political individual in the
age of the masses between 1930 and 1950.
This book is the first study of popular theatre in France from left
to right, exploring how theatre shapes political acts, ideals, and
communities in the modern world. As the French found innovative
ways of imagining culture and politics in the age of the masses,
popular theatre became central to the republican project of using
art to create citizens, using secular spaces for the experience of
civic communion. But while state projects often faltered in finding
playwrights, locations, and audiences, popular theatre flourished
on the political and geographical peripheries. Drawing on extensive
archival research, this book illuminates lost worlds of political
conviviality, from anarchist communes and clandestine agit-prop
drama to royalist street politics and right-wing mass spectacle. It
reveals new connections between French initiatives and their
European counterparts, and demonstrates the enduring strength of
radical communities in shaping political ideals and engagement.
This book is the first study of popular theatre in France from left
to right, exploring how theatre shapes political acts, ideals, and
communities in the modern world. As the French found innovative
ways of imagining culture and politics in the age of the masses,
popular theatre became central to the republican project of using
art to create citizens, using secular spaces for the experience of
civic communion. But while state projects often faltered in finding
playwrights, locations, and audiences, popular theatre flourished
on the political and geographical peripheries. Drawing on extensive
archival research, this book illuminates lost worlds of political
conviviality, from anarchist communes and clandestine agit-prop
drama to royalist street politics and right-wing mass spectacle. It
reveals new connections between French initiatives and their
European counterparts, and demonstrates the enduring strength of
radical communities in shaping political ideals and engagement.
The crises and conflicts of mid-century Europe highlight the
fragility of individual life and commitment. Yet this was a time at
which individuals engaged in politics on an unprecedented scale,
whether in movements, parties and street politics, through culture,
or by the choices confronted in war and occupation. Focusing on
France, and bringing together historians of politics, literature,
philosophy, art, and film, this volume sheds new light on the
imagination and experience of the political individual in the age
of the masses. From a controversial art exhibition on Algeria to
the private diary of a Jewish lawyer in Occupied Paris, these case
studies illuminate the specificities of French ideas and
experiences in mid-century Europe. They also contribute to a deeper
understanding of memory, agency, and responsibility in times of
crisis.
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