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Socialism or Barbarism Socialisme ou Barbarie | |
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 Copies of the journal Socialisme ou Barbarie | |
| Abbreviation | SouB |
| Leader | Cornelius Castoriadis |
| Founders | Cornelius Castoriadis Claude Lefort Jean Laplanche |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Dissolved | June 1967 |
| Split from | Internationalist Communist Party |
| Newspaper | Socialisme ou Barbarie |
| Membership (1960) | 100 |
| Ideology | Libertarian socialism Council communism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| British sister organisation | Solidarity |
Socialisme ou Barbarie (French for 'Socialism or Barbarism') was a French-based radical libertarian socialist group of the post-World War II period whose name comes from a phrase which was misattributed to Friedrich Engels by Rosa Luxemburg in the Junius Pamphlet, but which probably was most likely first used by Karl Kautsky.[1][2] It existed from 1948 until 1967.[3] The animating personality was Cornelius Castoriadis, also known as Pierre Chaulieu or Paul Cardan.[4] Socialisme ou Barbarie (S. ou B.) is also the name of the group's journal.
- ^ Luxemburg, Rosa. The Junius Pamphlet. 1916.
- ^ Angus, Ian, "The origin of Rosa Luxemburg's slogan 'socialism or barbarism'"
- ^ Castoriadis, Cornelius (1974). L'Expérience du Mouvement Ouvrier. Vol. 2. 10 18. p. 417.
- ^ Howard, Howard (1975). "Introduction to Castoriadis". Telos (23): 118.