Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hale, Thomas A.
• Véron, Kora

Titel

Aimé Césaire's Break from the Parti communiste français: Nouveaux élans, nouveaux défis

Ist Teil von

• French politics, culture and society, 2009-12, Vol.27 (3), p.47-62

Ort / Verlag

Berghahn Journals

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Aimé Césaire's dramatic break from the French Communist Party in 1956 raises questions not only about the reasons for his resignation, but more importantly, about how he overcame the negative consequences of the rupture to give a new impetus to his career as the principal political leader in Martinique. A close examination of his writings from 1945 to 1959, based especially on his lesser-known declarations, essays, interviews, and speeches, as well as on his more widely-disseminated poetry and history, reveals a more nuanced explanation for the rupture. Above all, these texts offer new insights into how he was able to recover his political momentum by building new alliances both at home and abroad.