Revolutionary Syndicalism in France

Part I. Historical Background: 1. National character and revolutionary tradition; 2. From craft to industry; 3. The repressive state; 4. Proudhon and mutual aid; 5. Blanqui and the barricades; 6. Bakunin and anarchism; 7. The socialist tower of babel; 8. The betrayal of the politicians; 9. The growth of an organised movement; 10. Strength and organisation of the C.G.T; Part II. Principles and Practice of the C.G.T.: 11. Reform and revolution: the twofold purpose; 12. Political neutrality and the politics of syndicalism; 13. The autonomy of labour and direct action; 14. The theory of strike; 15. The strike in practice; 16. The tactics of the strike; 17. Subsidiary forms of direct action; 18. Labour as a political pressure group; 19. Antimilitarism and antipatriotism; 20. Genealogy of the general strike; 21. The changing picture of the general strike; 22. The general strike as a myth; 23. Organised labour and the syndicalist utopia; 24. A theory of syndicalism; 25. Conflicting voices in the C.G.T.; 26. Leaders and followers, theory and practice; Part III. Ideological Context: 27. The revolt against reason; 28. Nietzsche and the transvaluation of all values; 29. Bergson and creative evolution; 30. James and the pragmatic approach; 31. The revolt against democracy; 32. The discredit of French democracy; 33. Nationalism, monarchism and the right; 34. Fascism: the alternative path; 35. Sorel: a moralist in search of action; 36. The philosopher and the labour market; 37. The militants and the activist temper; 38. Syndicalism as a philosophy of action; 39. Conclusion.