In this essay, Constance Bantman argues that looking at periods of defeat and isolation in militant careers is important, and explores these perspectives through the example of the French anarchist Jean Grave (1854-1939).

Constance Bantman is a Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Surrey, UK. Her research focuses on the history of the French anarchist movement (1870-1939), with a focus on transnational perspectives (for a publication list on these themes, see: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/constance-bantman).

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Essay #4: Constance Bantman, 'Militant Afterlives: Jean Grave after 1918'