Angelo Tasca (1892-1960). Biographie intellectuelle
Author(s)
Rancon, Catherine
Date Issued
February 18, 2011
Type
Doctoral Thesis
Abstract
Communist, then socialist, Angelo Tasca (1892-1960) received « directly and intensely […] the “revolutions of the 20th century” », that were refracted in his thinking. He educated himself politically in the workers’ movement of Turin and intellectually in the effervescence of the debate between positivism and neoidealism : these experiences deeply marked his thinking. The upheavals created by World War I aroused in him the hope of an imminent revolution : he joined communism. He disagreed with stalinism about the prospects of the international communist movement and the construction of socialism in Russia and was led to a painful break-up in 1929. He exiled in France, came closer to social-democracy and embarked on a long reflection on socialism and marxism, that ended up in a radical revision at the end of the 30’s. Anxious about the world’s evolution and haunted by the fear of an interior division of France, he attempted to put the bases of a humanist and non marxist conception of socialism. After the defeat of France in the summer of 1940, he thought he would be able to have an influence on the Vichy government from the inside ; but he was quickly disappointed and began to give information to the Resistance. He reflected on a communitarian revolution, based on the articulation of a strong State with natural communities. The conviction that communism was contrary to his social ideal pushed him to go into an action against this movement, to which he dedicated himself after the war.
Additional information
Dottorato di ricerca in Società, istituzioni e sistemi politici europei (19.-20. secolo)
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