Jean baby

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Jean Baby (born August 4, 1897 in Toulouse , Haute-Garonne department , † January 9, 1969 in Paris ) was a French historian.

Life

Baby completed his school days in his hometown and then studied in Prague and Lorient ( Morbihan department ). Then he returned to his hometown, where he received his agrégation in 1923 .

Politically active, Baby was already interested in communism during his studies and joined the Parti communiste français (PCF). He soon made a name for himself there and was Vincent Auriol's opponent in the regional elections in 1928 . From 1925 he was also a member of the Conféderation générale du travail unitaire . In November 1929, Baby was expelled from the PCF; but resumed in October 1931 - without a dissenting vote.

In 1928, Baby married Ruta Assia and had a daughter with her, who later became the writer Yvonne Baby (* 1929).

After the German occupation , Baby supported the Resistance . After the end of the war, Baby went to Paris and was appointed lecturer at the Collège-Lycée Jacques Decour ( 9th arrondissement ).

In 1954 he was appointed by Jean Pronteau (1919–1984) as editor-in-chief of his magazine Économie et Politique . There he repeatedly expressed himself critical of the PCF in his articles, so that in April 1960 he was finally expelled from the party. During this time, Baby was very intensively involved with Maoism . As an opponent of the Algerian War , he was one of the signatories of the Manifesto de 121 in September 1960 .

Jean Baby died on January 9, 1969 in Paris, where he found his final resting place.

In her novel Le jour et la nuit a . a. her father's life.

Fonts (selection)

  • Le rôle sociale de l'église (Collection antireligieuse; Vol. 1). Bureau d'Édition, Paris 1931.
  • À la lumière du marxisme . Éditions sociales internationales, Paris 1936 (preface by Henri Wallon)
    • German: Science in the light of Marxism (red print; Vol. 6). Rotdruck, Berlin 1970.
  • Les classes sociales . CGP Hanoi 1945.
  • Le marxisme . Les Courd de Droit, Paris 1947.
  • Principes fondamentauxd'économie politique . Éditions sociales, Paris 1950.
  • Critique de base. Le parti communiste français entre le passé et l'avenir (Cahiers libres; vol. 5/6). Maspero, Paris 1960.
  • Un monde meilleur. Research marxiste (Cahiers libres; vol. 63/64). Maspero, Paris 1964.
  • La grande controverse sino-sovietique. 1956-1966 . Grasset, Paris 1966.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Named after the writer Jacques Decour (1910–1942).
personal data
SURNAME Baby jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French historian
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Toulouse , Haute-Garonne department
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1969
Place of death Paris