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The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
Book • 1963
In this essay, Marx examines how the class struggle in France led to the circumstances that enabled Louis Bonaparte to seize power.
He discusses the role of the individual in history, noting that 'Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past.
' The work is also significant for its insights into the nature and meaning of fascism, with Bonaparte's coup seen as a precursor to 20th-century fascist movements.
He discusses the role of the individual in history, noting that 'Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past.
' The work is also significant for its insights into the nature and meaning of fascism, with Bonaparte's coup seen as a precursor to 20th-century fascist movements.
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Mentioned by Will as a text analyzing the coup d'état of the French Republic by Louis Bonaparte, discussed in relation to repetition in history.
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104 | Does History Have a Repetition Compulsion?
Mentioned in a discussion about Bonapartism and its historical context.
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