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Publications [#365686] of John D. French

Papers Published

1. French, JD, Common Men, Exceptional Politicians: What Do We Gain from an Embodied Social Biographical Approach to Leftist Leaders Like Germany's August Bebel and Brazil's Luis Inácio Lula da Silva?, International Review of Social History, vol. 68 no. 1 (April, 2023), pp. 111-121, Cambridge University Press (CUP) [doi]
   (last updated on 2026/01/22)

   Abstract:
   Lula and His Politics of Cunning explores the origin, roots, and evolution of Luis Inácio Lula da Silva's vision, discourse, and practice of leadership as a process of becoming. This commentary invites historians of labor movements and the left to think beyond their geographical and chronological specializations. It argues that there is much to gain from thinking globally if we wish to achieve meaningful causal insights applicable to the sweep of capitalist development.