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Louis Auguste Blanqui
Louis-Auguste Blanqui was a French socialist revolutionary and philosopher. A pivotal figure of the 19th-century French radical left, he was a staunch advocate for communism and a proponent of the revolutionary theory that came to be known as Blanquism. His political career was marked by a relentless opposition to all forms of monarchy and capitalism, leading to his repeated imprisonment by every…
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culture · French socialist revolutionary (1805–1881) · philosopher · politician · journalist · communard · also Louis Auguste Blanqui, Louis-Auguste Blanqui, Auguste Blanqui, Blanqui
Born 8 February 1805 · Died 1 January 1881 · Q309722
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1881· 1 entry
Died 1881-01-01.
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1879· 1 entry
Career landmark: Deputy of Gironde (1879–1879).
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1870· 1 entry
Brought Blanqui back to direct political agitation
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1869· 1 entry
During which time he wrote some of his most important theoretical works, including his Instructions for an Armed Uprising
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1841· 1 entry
Learned that his wife, Amélie-Suzanne Serre, had died; the news devastated him, and he wore a black glove in devotion to her memory for much of the rest of his life
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1832· 1 entry
Famously declared his profession to be "proletarian" and outlined a vision of class war between the rich and the poor, cementing his reputation on the radical left
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1831· 1 entry
“Declaration of the Provisional Committee for Schools”
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1827· 1 entry
Participated in a series of popular protests against the Bourbon monarchy of King Charles X, during which he was injured on three separate occasions, including receiving a near-fatal bullet wound to the neck
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1824· 1 entry
And beginning to study both law and medicine at the Sorbonne in 1826
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1822· 1 entry
Was profoundly affected by witnessing the execution of the four sergeants of La Rochelle, an event he later cited as the origin of his "declaration of war upon all factions that represent the past"
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1805· 1 entry
Born 1805-02-08.
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