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Louis Auguste Blanqui | |
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| Born | 8 February 1805 Puget-Théniers, France |
| Died | 1 January 1881 (aged 75) Paris, France |
| Political orientation | Blanquism Socialism |
Louis Auguste Blanqui (8 February 1805 – 1 January 1881) was a French socialist revolutionary and political philosopher notable for his theory of Blanquism. Blanqui's philosophy was highly focused on the organisational aspect of preparing a revolution and neglected to consider the conditions under which it should take place. He did not believe that the masses would play a significant role in a socialist revolution, instead maintaining that a tight-knit group of conspirators should establish a revolutionary dictatorship.[1]
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- ↑ N. E. Zastenker (1979). The Great Soviet Encyclopedia: 'Blanqui, Louis Auguste'.