Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hale, Thomas A
• Veron, Kora

Titel

Aime Cesaire's Break from the French Communist Party: New Impetus, New Challenges

Ist Teil von

• French politics, culture and society, 2009-01, Vol.27 (3), p.47-62

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Aime Cesaire'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. Adapted from the source document.