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- Instance of
- political movement
- Subclass of
- socialism
- Named after
- Louis Auguste Blanqui
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- Manifestation Blanquiste (8 janvier 1882).jpg
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thumb|Louis Auguste Blanqui
Blanquism () refers to a conception of revolution generally attributed to Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805–1881) that holds that socialist revolution should be carried out by a relatively small group of highly organised and secretive conspirators. Having seized power, the revolutionaries would then use the power of the state to introduce socialism. It is considered a particular sort of "putschism"—that is, the view that political revolution should take the form of a or .
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