BLANC, Louis (Blanc Louis)

(1811-1882)
Born October 29, 1811 in Madrid, in a French family. In 1913 the family moved to France. Before leaving for Paris in 1830, Blanc was studying at the Royal College de Rhodes. He became a journalist, published the magazine 'Bon san' ( 'Bon Sens'), in 1839 founded the newspaper 'Revue du warming' ( 'Revue du Progrs'), which outlined his economic ideas. Later published a book The Organization of Labor (L'Organisation du travail). The basis of his socialism is the idea of 'public workshops' - production cooperatives with an elected leadership and equal pay. However, by 1847 Blanc renounced the principle of equal pay and suggested that the principle of 'proportional equality'. Protected the mechanized production, advanced the idea of uniting all the workshops and planned production. Believe that economic competition should be eliminated, instead it should introduce a so-called. the principle of fraternity. Another important idea Blanc - financing of public workshops democratic state. In 1848, during the February Revolution in France, Blanc became a member of the provisional government of the Second Republic. After the suppression of the revolution was forced to emigrate to England.
Stories With ten years: 1830-1840 (Histoire de dix ans 1830-1840, 1841-1844) Blanc became famous critic of the July Monarchy 1830-1848. Its main work - History of the French Revolution (Histoire de la rvolution francaise, t. 1-12, 1847-1862). Among his works - History of the Revolution of 1848 (Histoire de la rvolution de 1848, . 1870), . The main issues of today and tomorrow (Questions d'aujourd'hui et de demain, . 1873-1874) and ten years of history of England (Dix annes de l'histoire d'Angleterre, . 1879-1981),
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Returning to France in September 1870, Blanc was elected to the National Assembly, condemned the peace treaty of Frankfurt and the Paris Commune. Blanc died in Cannes, December 6, 1882.