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| − | '''Claude Lefort''' was born in [[1924]] and was politically active by [[1942]] under the influence of his tutor, the [[Phenomenology|phenomenologist]] [[Maurice Merleau-Ponty]] (whose posthumous publications Lefort later edited). By [[1943]] he was organising a faction of the [[Trotskyist]] [[Parti Communiste Internationaliste]] at the Lycée Henry IV in [[Paris]]. Lefort was impressed by [[Cornelius Castoriadis]] when he first met him. From [[1946]] he collaborated with him in the Chaulieu-Montal Tendency, from their noms-de guerre ''Pierre Chaulieu'' (Castoriadis) and ''Claude Montal'' (Lefort), publishing ''0n the Regime and Against the Defence of the USSR'', a critique of both the [[Soviet Union]] and its Trotskyist supporters. They suggested that the [[USSR]] was dominated by a social layer of bureaucrats, and that it consisted of a new kind of society as aggressive as Western European societies. By [[1948]] having tried to persuade the other trotskyists of their viewpoint they broke away with about a dozen others and founded the [[libertarian socialist]] group [[Socialisme ou Barbarie]]. Lefort's text "L'Expérience prolétarienne" was important in shifting the group's focus towards forms of self-organisation. | + | '''Claude Lefort''' was [[born]] in [[1924]] and was politically [[active]] by [[1942]] under the influence of his tutor, the [[Phenomenology|phenomenologist]] [[Maurice Merleau-Ponty]] (whose posthumous publications Lefort later edited). By [[1943]] he was organising a faction of the [[Trotskyist]] [[Parti Communiste Internationaliste]] at the Lycée Henry IV in [[Paris]]. Lefort was impressed by [[Cornelius Castoriadis]] when he first met him. From [[1946]] he collaborated with him in the Chaulieu-Montal Tendency, from their noms-de guerre ''Pierre Chaulieu'' (Castoriadis) and ''Claude Montal'' (Lefort), publishing ''0n the [[Regime]] and Against the [[Defence]] of the USSR'', a critique of both the [[Soviet Union]] and its Trotskyist supporters. They suggested that the [[USSR]] was dominated by a [[social]] layer of bureaucrats, and that it consisted of a new kind of [[society]] as [[aggressive]] as Western European societies. By [[1948]] having tried to persuade the [[other]] [[trotskyists]] of their viewpoint they broke away with [[about]] a dozen [[others]] and founded the [[libertarian socialist]] group [[Socialisme ou Barbarie]]. Lefort's [[text]] "L'Expérience prolétarienne" was important in shifting the group's focus towards forms of [[self]]-organisation. |
For a time Lefort wrote for both the Socialisme ou Barbarie journal and for [[Les Temps Modernes]]. His involvement in the latter journal ended after a published debate during 1952-4 over [[Sartre]]'s article "The Communists and Peace". | For a time Lefort wrote for both the Socialisme ou Barbarie journal and for [[Les Temps Modernes]]. His involvement in the latter journal ended after a published debate during 1952-4 over [[Sartre]]'s article "The Communists and Peace". | ||
| − | Lefort was for a long time uncomfortable with Socialisme ou Barbarie's "organisationalist" tendencies. In [[1958]] he, [[Henri Simon]] and others left and formed [[Informations et Liaison Ouvrières]]. | + | Lefort was for a long [[time]] uncomfortable with Socialisme ou Barbarie's "organisationalist" tendencies. In [[1958]] he, [[Henri Simon]] and others [[left]] and formed [[Informations et Liaison Ouvrières]]. |
| − | In his academic career, Lefort taught at the [[University of São Paulo]], at the [[Sorbonne]] and at the [[École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales]]. He has written on the early political writers [[Machievelli]] and [[Étienne de La Boétie]] and explored "the Totalitarian enterprise" in its "denial of social division... [and] of the difference between the order of power, the order of law and the order of knowledge" ("Philosopher?", 1985). | + | In his academic career, Lefort taught at the [[University of São Paulo]], at the [[Sorbonne]] and at the [[École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales]]. He has written on the early [[political]] writers [[Machievelli]] and [[Étienne de La Boétie]] and explored "the Totalitarian enterprise" in its "[[denial]] of social [[division]]... [and] of the [[difference]] between the [[order]] of [[power]], the order of law and the order of [[knowledge]]" ("[[Philosopher]]?", 1985). |
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Latest revision as of 04:07, 24 May 2019
Claude Lefort was born in 1924 and was politically active by 1942 under the influence of his tutor, the phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty (whose posthumous publications Lefort later edited). By 1943 he was organising a faction of the Trotskyist Parti Communiste Internationaliste at the Lycée Henry IV in Paris. Lefort was impressed by Cornelius Castoriadis when he first met him. From 1946 he collaborated with him in the Chaulieu-Montal Tendency, from their noms-de guerre Pierre Chaulieu (Castoriadis) and Claude Montal (Lefort), publishing 0n the Regime and Against the Defence of the USSR, a critique of both the Soviet Union and its Trotskyist supporters. They suggested that the USSR was dominated by a social layer of bureaucrats, and that it consisted of a new kind of society as aggressive as Western European societies. By 1948 having tried to persuade the other trotskyists of their viewpoint they broke away with about a dozen others and founded the libertarian socialist group Socialisme ou Barbarie. Lefort's text "L'Expérience prolétarienne" was important in shifting the group's focus towards forms of self-organisation.
For a time Lefort wrote for both the Socialisme ou Barbarie journal and for Les Temps Modernes. His involvement in the latter journal ended after a published debate during 1952-4 over Sartre's article "The Communists and Peace".
Lefort was for a long time uncomfortable with Socialisme ou Barbarie's "organisationalist" tendencies. In 1958 he, Henri Simon and others left and formed Informations et Liaison Ouvrières.
In his academic career, Lefort taught at the University of São Paulo, at the Sorbonne and at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. He has written on the early political writers Machievelli and Étienne de La Boétie and explored "the Totalitarian enterprise" in its "denial of social division... [and] of the difference between the order of power, the order of law and the order of knowledge" ("Philosopher?", 1985).
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