The Discovery of the Third World
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The Discovery of the Third World

Decolonization and the Rise of the New Left in France, c.1950–1976

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The Discovery of the Third World

Decolonization and the Rise of the New Left in France, c.1950–1976

About this book

An innovative account of how the concept of the 'Third World' emerged in France from the mid-1950s through to the mid-1970s alongside a new leftist movement. The book reveals how, in an age of Cold War, decolonization and development thinking, French activists rose to prominence within the political Left, established transnational contacts, and developed a new global consciousness. Using the 'Third World' concept to reinvigorate anticolonial solidarity, they supported the Algerian FLN, the Cuban Revolution, and the liberation movements in Vietnam and Portuguese Africa. Insisting on the postcolonial character of France after the end of empire, they promoted new forms of cooperation with developing countries and immigrant workers. Examining the work of French leftists in publications such as Partisans, parties such as the PSU, and associations like the CEDETIM, Kalter sheds new light on a crucial moment in France's history, the global contexts that prompted it, and its worldwide ramifications.

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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781107074514
eBook ISBN
9781316692974
Topic
History
Subtopic
European History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Table of contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. List of abbreviations
  10. 1 Introduction: From “Discovery” to Historiography
  11. 2 A New Concept of the World: The Third World in the Social Sciences and Politics
  12. 3 Conflicts, New Diversity, and Convergence: The New Radical Left in France
  13. 4 “From the RĂ©sistance to Anticolonialism”: The Politics of Memory in the New Radical Left
  14. 5 “Today We Have to Learn a Lesson from Them”: The Journal Partisans and the Opening Up to the Third World
  15. 6 “With Socialist Greetings”: The PSU, the Cedetim, and the Praxis of “International Solidarity”
  16. 7 Conclusion: Eyes on the World
  17. Appendix
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index