“Dreaming of Reorganising”: Isolation and (Self-)Memorialisation (1918–Present)

Bantman, Constance

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Constance Bantman⁴

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Abstract

This chapter, covering the post-war period until Grave’s death in December 1939, centres on the theme of (self-)memorialisation while providing a poignant example of the dissolution of networks and influence. This allows for a broader analysis of the gradual displacement and marginalisation of Grave’s brand of anarchist communism as a result of the remaking and collapse of networks, in response to the ideological realignments and generational change triggered by the war. Public discussions of Grave from 1930 onwards point to his exclusion from anarchist circles and gradual incorporation into the history of the Third Republic. His posthumous reception among activists as well as academics sheds light on his remarkable legacy, as both a major actor of the pre-1914 anarchist movement and one of its chroniclers.

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Bantman, C. (2021). “Dreaming of Reorganising”: Isolation and (Self-)Memorialisation (1918–Present). In: Jean Grave and the Networks of French Anarchism, 1854-1939. Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66618-7_7

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