The new Left, national identity, and the break-up of Britain / by Wade Matthews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matthews, Wade, 1975-

Series:

Historical materialism book series ; 51.

Historical materialism book series, 1570-1522 ; volume 51

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New Left--Great Britain.

New Left.

Socialism--Great Britain.

Socialism.

National characteristics, British.

Nationalism--Great Britain.

Nationalism.

Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The New Left, National Identity, and the Break-Up of Britain Wade Matthews charts the nexus between socialism and national identity in the work of key New Left intellectuals, E.P. Thompson, Raymond Williams, Stuart Hall, Perry Anderson, and Tom Nairn. Matthews considers these New Left thinkers’ response to Britain’s various national questions, including decolonization and the End of Empire, the rise of European integration and separatist nationalisms in Scotland and Wales, and to the national and nationalist implications of Thatcherism, Cold War and the fall of communism. Matthews establishes a contestatory dialogue around these issues throughout the book based around different New Left perspectives on what has been called “the break-up of Britain.” He demonstrates that national questions where crucial to New Left debates.

Contents:

History and historiography of the New Left in Britain

Socialist intellectuals and the national question before 1956

E.P. Thompson in the provinces

Raymond Williams's love of country

Stuart Hall's identities

Perry Anderson against the national culture

Tom Nairn on hating Britain properly.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-25307-6

OCLC:

857711941

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004253070 DOI