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Metamorphosis: the making of Daniel Guerin, 1904-1930
journal contribution
posted on 2014-06-20, 13:01 authored by David BerryThis article explores the early years of Daniel Guérin (1904–88), who from the 1930s onwards became known as a leading revolutionary socialist and campaigner for decolonisation, antimilitarism and homosexual liberation. It examines the ‘making of Daniel Guérin’ in two senses: (i) his transformation from a son of the grande bourgeoisie into a workerist revolutionary and anti-imperialist; and (ii) Guérin's own retrospective representation of his early years through his autobiographical works, as well as interviews. Based on a close reading of these sources, his two novels as well as his private papers and other archival material including police reports, it provides fresh insights into the formative influences on his ideological development. Rather than focusing exclusively on the influence of his liberal, Dreyfusard family, or the impact of his relationships with working-class men or his experiences of colonial realities, it brings to light the influence on him of Tolstoy and of Gandhi, an influence which would inform a strong ethical core in his libertarian conception of socialism. The article also argues that despite the apparently protean nature of his political itinerary, there was in fact always an underlying ideological consistency to Guérin's libertarian Marxism.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Politics and International Studies
Published in
Modern & Contemporary FranceVolume
22Issue
3Pages
1 - 22 (22)Citation
BERRY, D., 2013. Metamorphosis: The Making of Daniel Guérin, 1904-1930. Modern & Contemporary France, 22 (3), pp.321-342.Publisher
Taylor and Francis © Association for the Study of Modern & Contemporary FranceVersion
- SMUR (Submitted Manuscript Under Review)
Publication date
2013Notes
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Modern & Contemporary France on 15th November 2013, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09639489.2013.856875eISSN
1469-9869Publisher version
Language
- en