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THE PROLETARIAN PUBLIC

Peter Critchley

This book covers the period of working class socialism between the final years of the nineteenth century up to the 1930s. The book contains chapters on Industrial Unionism, Revolutionary Syndicalism and Council Communism. There are substantial chapters on Tom Mann, James Connolly, Antonio Gramsci and Rosa Luxemburg. The principal concern of the book is to analyse the history of socialism as the proletarian transformation of politics, with a view to conceiving a proletarian public life grounded in the associational space of society.

THE PROLETARIAN PUBLIC
The Practice of Proletarian Self-Emancipation
1996Dr Peter Critchley
Critchley, P. 1996.,
The Proletarian Public : The Practice of Proletarian Self-Emancipation
[e-book]Available through: Academia website http://mmu.academia.edu/PeterCritchley/Books

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr Peter Critchley
is a philosopher, writer and tutor with a first degree in the field of the Social Sciences (History, Economics, Politics and Sociology) and a PhD in the field of Philosophy, Ethics and Politics.

The Proletarian Public was written during the first year of Peter’s period of PhD research. 

Peter works in the tradition of Rational Freedom, a tradition which sees freedom as a common endeavour in which the freedom of each individual is conceived to be co-existent with the freedom of all. In elaborating this concept, Peter has written extensively on a number of the key thinkers in this ‘rational’ tradition (Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Dante, Spinoza, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Habermas). Peter is currently engaged in an ambitious interdisciplinary research project entitled Being and Place.

Thecentral theme of this research concerns the connection of place and identity through thecreation of forms of life which enable human and planetary flourishing in unison. Peter tutorsacross the humanities and social sciences, from A level to postgraduate research. Peterparticularly welcomes interest from those not engaged in formal education, but who wish topursue a course of studies out of intellectual curiosity.

 Peter is committed to bringing philosophy back to its Socratic roots in ethos, in the way of life of people. In this conception,philosophy as self-knowledge is something that human beings do as a condition of living the examined life. As we think, so shall we live. Living up to this philosophical commitment, Peter offers tutoring services both to those in and out of formal education. The subject range that Peter offers in his tutoring activities, as well as contact details, can be seen at http://petercritchley-e-akademeia.yolasite.com

The range of Peter’s research activity can be seen at http://mmu.academia.edu/PeterCritchley Peter sees his e-akademeia project as part of a global grassroots learning experience andencourages students and learners to get in touch, whatever their learning need and level.

THE PROLETARIAN PUBLIC 

INTRODUCTION

INDUSTRIAL UNIONISM AND SYNDICALISM 

The History of British Syndicalism 

TOM MANN.

 JAMES CONNOLLY 

 FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY SYNDICALISM 

Fernand Pelloutier

L’Organisation et l’anarchie

L’Art et la revolte

Georges Sorel 

Hubert Lagardelle 

Revolutionary Syndicalism  conclusions

ROSA LUXEMBURG 
Reform Or Revolution 
Consciousness And Activity 
Mass Strike 
Luxemburg And Lenin
The Split In The SPD 
 
COUNCIL COMMUNISM 

ANTON PANNEKOEK 

THE COUNCIL COMMUNISM OF ANTONIO GRAMSCI 

Gramsci Conclusion 

 CONCLUSIONS 

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