Blanquism

Blanquism refers to the teaching attributed to Louis-Auguste Blanqui (1805–1881), according to which a social revolution could be brought about from above, namely through the conspiracy of a small, highly conspiratorial group without a mass base. The term was mainly used in a negative sense. Marx (1818–1883) and Engels (1820–1895) distinguished themselves from Blanquism. French Blanquism became part of the Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière (SFIO).

literature

• Louis-Auguste Blanqui , Avis au peuple (“le toast de Londres”), 1851. ( Reading (French) )
• Friedrich Engels , Program of the Blanquist Commune Refugees , 1874. ( Read )
• Rosa Luxemburg , Organizational Issues of Russian Social Democracy ( aka Leninism or Marxism? ), 1904. ( Read )
• Anton Pannekoek , The New Blanquism , 1920. ( Read )
• Dawid Borissowitsch Rjasanow , The Relations of Marx with Blanqui , 1928. ( Read (English) )
• Cajo Brendel , Critique of Lenin's theory of revolution , 1958. ( Read )