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Discussion between four course unit authors of the validity of a Marxist interpretation of the revolutions of 1848.
Discussion between four course unit authors of the validity of a Marxist interpretation of the revolutions of 1848.
| Module code and title: | A321, The revolutions of 1848 |
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| Item code: | A321; 11 |
| First transmission date: | 13-10-1976 |
| Published: | 1976 |
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| Duration: | 00:23:29 |
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| Producer: | Edward Hayward |
| Contributors: | John Breuilly; Clive Emsley; Paul Ginsberg; Chris Harvie |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Marxism |
| Footage description: | Clive Emsley briefly introduces the programme, which comprises studio discussion about the role of classes and social conflict in 1848. Ginsborg gives his analysis of the revolutions of 1848, from a fairly orthodox Marxist standpoint. Chris Harvie takes issue with Ginsborg on the question of working class participation in the revolutions. He argues that the peasantry were the main beneficiaries of 1848. Breullly outlines his alternative, non Marxist conceptual framework for explaining what happened in 1848. It is based on the idea of a corporate society under pressure. Emsley gives his own, pragmatic interpretation of 1848. He includes extracts from the programmes A 321/03 and A 321/08 to illustrate his remarks. He disagrees with Ginsborg's analysis Ginsborg answers the non-Marxist arguments of the other three. In particular he challenges Breuilly's alternative framework. Breuilly and Harvie both reassert the validity of a non-Marxist view of 1848. The programme concludes with Ginsborg, Emsley and Breuilly all giving their opinion of the degree of unity or conflict within the working class participants in the revolutions of 1848. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/72266 |
| Production number: | 00525_3216 |
| Videofinder number: | 3319 |
| Available to public: | no |
