Danielle Bleitrach | |
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Born | 1938 (age 85–86) |
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Sociologist, Journalist, Essayist, Novelist |
Title | Maître de conférences |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Provence |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Sociologist |
Institutions | Aix-Marseille University |
Main interests | Cuba, Ukraine, Nazism |
Danielle Bleitrach (born 1938) is a French sociologist and journalist. From the 1970s through the end of the century, she was CNRS researcher and lecturer at the Aix-Marseille University, focusing on the sociology of the working class and urbanization. From 1981 to 1996 she was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of France, then the National Committee of the Party. She was also assistant editor-in-chief of the party weekly Révolution. She has contributed to La Pensée, Les Temps Modernes and Le Monde Diplomatique.[1] In the 2000s and 2010s, after retiring from teaching, she co-authored texts on Cuba, Nazism and Ukraine.