FR421 Module Outline
France and political violence
Outline Week 1.Introduction: what is political violence? 2. Interpretations of revolutionary violence: a. Sorel; b. Marx interpreted by Balibar 3. Revolutionary violence, democracy and the republican tradition. 4. Occupation and Resistance, 1940-1944. 5. Struggles for national independence and their interpretation: a.Fanon; b.Sartre. 6.Reading week 7. Algeria: torture; Paris 1961. 8. The role of violence in May 1968. 9. Communism and violence: Merleau-Ponty. 10. The contemporary French polity: the end of political violence? 11. Conclusions. (Week 32)