Abstract
Since the French Revolution, theorists from across the entire ideological spectrum have looked to some version of corporatism as a means of reconstituting the French political system and redefining the relationship between state, individual, and civil society. During the inter-war period these efforts were renewed as intellectuals struggled with the problems posed by economic and political crises and social division. This produced a rich vein of political speculation which has been inadequately dealt with in the scholarly literature. This article examines a series of attempts to reconstitute French society and polity on a corporatist basis from a range of ideological perspectives. The argument is that, irrespective of their ideological provenance, these efforts shared a common focus on the twin themes of community and organization in their attempts to reconceptualize the foundations of political society and citizenship. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]