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The Discovery of the Third World: Decolonization and the Rise of the New Left in France, c.1950–1976
Christoph Kalter
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Description for The Discovery of the Third World: Decolonization and the Rise of the New Left in France, c.1950–1976
hardcover. This book explores the emergence of 'Third Worldism' as a new intellectual movement during the era of decolonisation and the Cold War. Num Pages: 516 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 165 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 958.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
516
Condition
New
Number of Pages
516
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107074514
SKU
V9781107074514
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About Christoph Kalter
Christoph Kalter is a historian of Western Europe in its global connections. Currently Assistant Professor of Global History at Freie Universität Berlin, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Modern History from that same university (2010). His dissertation on Third World solidarity and the radical Left in France has received the Walter-Markov-Prize granted by the European Network in Universal and Global ... Read more
Reviews for The Discovery of the Third World: Decolonization and the Rise of the New Left in France, c.1950–1976
'Kalter's hugely impressive study … essays a variety of disciplinary approaches: conceptual history, political history, intellectual history, exemplary archival and oral history, memory studies, and media studies.' Martin Shipway, The American Historical Review