This article deals with the relationship between Blanquists and labor movement in 19th century of France.
On the previous study Blanquists has been regarded as precusors of French scientific communism or successors of extremely boureoise ideology eve...
This article deals with the relationship between Blanquists and labor movement in 19th century of France.
On the previous study Blanquists has been regarded as precusors of French scientific communism or successors of extremely boureoise ideology ever since Revolution of 1789.
Since these arguments put emphasis on the theoretical aspects of Blanquism in most cases and had no relation with labor movement, it is very difficult, however, to understand the position of Blanquists, socialist, in working class in 19th century of France.
Therefore, this article concentrates on labor movement in 1860s to consider Blanquists as realistic activists.
The 1860s has important significances in two respects. Firstly, Second Empire has been recognized as an era of change in the history of labor movement as well as French industrialization but this labor movement has slumped on the whole.
However, owing to various problems in 1860s, proletarian consciousness of working class has been more profound and labor movement more active. Therefore, this era helps us to understand the stream of labor movement in 19th century of France.
Secondly, in this era, workers supported Blanquism and then Blanquists activities was encourged among them.
The 1860s contributed a large share to handicraft form in the industrial organization. As a result, working class were handicraftsmen who became proletarians. They tried to recover the tradition of labor movement in the first half of 19th century. In those courses. occupational Associationist movement took the place of the proudhonism that had lead labor movement in Second Empire. Its target was not individualism, but collectivism. Instead of social and economic methods, it adopted political struggle as 1848s In those course, Blanquists had been able to have a close tie with workers. After all, they became socialists leading labor movement.