E. P. Thompson and the Making of the New Left: Essays and Polemics - Couverture souple

Thompson, E. P.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1909831077 ISBN 13 : 9781909831070

Editeur : Lawrence & Wishart Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

The essays in this book, many of which are either out-of-print or difficult to obtain, were written between 1955 and 1963, one of the most fertile periods of Thompson's intellectual and political life. They reveal Thompson's insistence on the vitality of a humanistic and democratic socialism along with his view of the value of utopian thinking in radical politics. Throughout, Thompson struggles to open a space independent of official parties, opposing them with a vision of socialism built from the bottom up. Editor Cal Winslow provides context for the essays in a detailed introduction reminding us why this eloquent and inspiring voice remains so relevant to us today.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

E. P. Thompson (1924-1993) is one of the most acclaimed historians of the twentieth century. He is known for his works The Making of the English Working Class, William Morris: Romantic to Revolutionary, and The Poverty of Theory, among others. Cal Winslow is a Fellow in Environmental History in the Geography Department at the University of California, Berkeley and Director of the Mendocino Institute, a not-for-profit research and education centre. A longtime labour, antiwar, and peace activist and educator, he was trained at Antioch College and Warwick University where he studied under E.P. Thompson.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1909831077
• ISBN 13: 9781909831070
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 333
• Éditeur: Winslow Cal
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