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.