Libéralisme et néo-babouvisme aux sources du marxisme

Gilbert Achcar, Liberalism and the Legacy of Babeuf at the Sources of Marxism Haunted by their discovery of the primacy of the economic and social basis of society, while prioritising the standpoint of real equality over democracy, Marx and Engels let a deficit regarding the democratic political forms and institutions settle in their work. It is only in the latter part of their lives that they sought to make up for that deficit, due mainly to Marx himself who was deeply influenced by the French Revolution and the legacy of Babeuf. Engels, who had frequented the British working-class movement much earlier than his companion, expressed a different sensibility, more receptive to the influence of political liberalism. This difference stands out very clearly from the comparison between the two successive drafts of the Communist League's Manifesto, the first by Engels and the second by Marx

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