E.P. Thompson and the making of the new left : essays & polemics / edited by Cal Winslow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, E. P. (Edward Palmer), 1924-1993, author.

Contributor:

Winslow, Calvin, editor.

Standardized Title:

Essays. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socialism--Great Britain.

Socialism.

Right and left (Political science).

Great Britain.

Working class--Great Britain.

Working class.

Labor movement--Great Britain.

Labor movement.

Right and left (Political science)--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

333 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Monthly Review Press, [2014]

Summary:

"E. P. Thompson is a towering figure in the field of labor history, best known for his monumental and path-breaking work, The Making of the English Working Class. But as this collection shows, Thompson was much more than a historian: he was a dedicated educator of workers, a brilliant polemicist, a skilled political theorist, and a tireless agitator for peace, against nuclear weapons, and for a rebirth of the socialist project. The essays in this book, many of which are either out-of-print or difficult to obtain, were written between 1955 and 1963 during one of the most fertile periods of Thompson's intellectual and political life, when he wrote his two great works, The Making of the English Working Class and William Morris: Romantic to Revolutionary. They reveal Thompson's insistence on the vitality of a humanistic and democratic socialism along with the value of utopian thinking in radical politics. Throughout, Thompson struggles to open a space independent of official Communist Parties and reformist Social Democratic Parties, opposing them with a vision of socialism built from the bottom up. Editor Cal Winslow, who studied with Thompson, provides context for the essays in a detailed introduction and reminds us why this eloquent and inspiring voice remains so relevant to us today. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Through the Smoke of Budapest

Socialist Humanism

Socialism and the Intellectuals

Commitment in Politics

The New Left

At the Point of Decay

Revolution

Revolution Again! or Shut Your Ears and Run

The Long Revolution

Where Are We Now?

The Communism of William Morris

Homage to Tom Maguire

The Free-born Englishman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781583674437

1583674438

9781583674444

1583674446

OCLC:

863195448

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